Kimchi might remove microplastics from your body

Microplastics make their way into your food everyday, and there are precautions that can always be taken to reduce the amount you consume. However, since microplastics are very persistent and exist on many products, new strategies must be formed. 

In a new study backed by Science Direct, it is being explored how the body can get microplastics out: Kimchi is the star answer in this recent study about how it can bind nanoplastics together in the bowel to get them out easier.

How does kimchi help remove microplastics?

The study explores the relationship between the lactic acid bacterium kimchi has and microplastics in the body. The lactic acid bacterium binds nanoplastics together and allows them to stick together until they exit the body through the bowel. 

The mice that have been through the experiment have shown an increase in nanoplastics that they had removed from their body in the end. All in all, the study is promising to unlock another frontier on fighting nanoplastics.