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Industry-funded study of the week: Kimchi

Monday, April 6, 2026MarionView original

Eileen M. Duffy, Publisher and editor of Edible Port City (Wilmington NC) sent me this announcement:  Kimchi probiotic promotes the excretion of nanoplastics from the gut. Experiments have confirmed that lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi can bind with intestinal microplastics and promote their excretion from the body. In an animal study, the amount of […]

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