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The particle and the chemicals it carries aren't the same threat. Here's how scientists actually tell them apart.
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What microplastics are doing to inflammation, cytokines, and the immune balance
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A closer look at the biology of gut motility, the interventions with the strongest evidence, and where the "just eat more fiber" advice both helps and misleads.
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What the science suggests about tiny plastic particles, brain fog, memory, and cognitive decline
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The chemicals that ride along with plastic — and why fertility clinics keep coming back to them
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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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A plain-language introduction to what microplastics may be doing to blood sugar, insulin sensitivity, and fat storage
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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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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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The polymer, the passengers, and where the endocrine signal actually lives
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Inflammation is the most common biological signal in the microplastic literature. The scientific work is not detecting it. It is telling the meaningful signals apart from the noise.
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And a study out last month showed it can change what the placenta does
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