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Health
Fertility and plastic additives
The chemicals that ride along with plastic — and why fertility clinics keep coming back to them
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Science
Sugar, the microbiome, and the liver: what the newest research actually shows
A 2026 Cell Metabolism paper found that dietary fructose is converted by gut bacteria into an alcohol-like toxin that damages the liver — and that a specific fiber strategy shuts the pathway down.
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Health
Resistant starch, the microbiome, and visceral fat: what the current RCT literature actually shows
A closer look at Type 2 resistant starch — a fiber your gut microbes ferment differently from any other — and why some people respond dramatically while others barely respond at all.
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Research Digests
Atlas Research Digest: The busier the road, the more plastic in the urine
In Bangkok, people living with heavier traffic breathed more plastic, carried more of it in their urine, and showed more oxidative damage. Also: a cell viability test that misreads beads, and particles that only did harm in company.
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Health
Microplastics and metabolic health
A plain-language introduction to what microplastics may be doing to blood sugar, insulin sensitivity, and fat storage
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Health
PCOS and the gut: what the research actually says
A closer look at the microbiome pathways behind polycystic ovary syndrome, the clinical evidence on synbiotics, and where a daily synbiotic fits into the fuller picture.
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Exposure
Air fryers and nonstick surfaces
What high heat actually does to the coating touching your food
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Exposure
Coffee lids, straws, and tiny frictions
The small daily contact points where plastic meets plastic, and why they add up
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Health
Microplastics and Inflammation: How to Read the Signals Honestly
Inflammation shows up in almost every microplastic study. That is not automatically alarming. Here is how to make sense of what the science actually says.
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Solutions
The quiet power of biological solutions
Why living systems often solve problems that harsh chemistry cannot
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Health
Are microplastics hormone disruptors?
The polymer, the passengers, and where the endocrine signal actually lives
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Exposure
Baby bottles and high-heat exposure
Why the standard way to prepare formula sheds so many plastic particles, and a few small changes that quietly cut the count
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