Only if your exposure in the future is less than in the past. Otherwise it will just go back up again. And considering plastic use is going up, you would have to use air filters and avoid micro plastics as much as possible.
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djsaskdja@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Wait, would this actually work?
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
so it works, because in any case there will be less than otherwise would be
vodka@feddit.org 2 months ago
I does! It also reduced heavy metal levels.
Thankfully the bad type that shouldn’t be your blood, and not the cool type that should be playing on your speakers.
ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 months ago
Technically, sure, it would reduce the microplastics in your body, but they’re everywhere in your body, so it wouldn’t be by a significant amount.
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Yea it really does
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Some recent study also found that mucilaginous fiber binds with PFAS the same way that it binds with cholesterol to keep the body from absorbing it. PFAS already in your system is believed to be reintroduced to your digestive system through bile excretion, some binds with the fiber and leaves your system, the rest is absorbed.
If you don’t eat a lot of food with mucilage, the main ingredient in Metamucil has mucilaginous fiber, as the name suggests.
The study author in the interview I read emphasized it wasn’t like ‘take fiber for a few months and PFAS is all gone,’ she and her husband just incorporated a mucilage supplement into their diets because of how prevalent it is in the environment.
RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Got link any chance? Would help me in telling my friends and loved ones to take poop pills with me because of the plastic in bodies (I’ll take my poop polls with or without a link just because I like the cut of your jib)
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I don’t think this was the exact article I read, but here’s another discussing the research: https://www.uml.edu/news/stories/2025/pfas-detox.aspx
Little8Lost@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Does this also mean woman after their period have less plastic?
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Yes. Also during pregnancy. A lot of it is diverted to the fetus
Little8Lost@lemmy.world 2 months ago
so babies have already a high amount of plastics pre-birth?
shneancy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
how do i know how much plastic is in my blood?
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Well supposedly there’s enough in the tissue in your brain to make a credit card or a plastic disposable spoon depending on what article you read
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
A lot if it looks like rainbow.
Lightor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Weigh it
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 months ago
Keeping in mind that you’re getting rid of the plastic in your blood by getting rid of her blood