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- 22/07/2025
Microplastics in Water: Are They Damaging Your Digestive System?
Microplastics in Water – Are They Damaging Your Digestive System?
Microplastics — plastic particles smaller than 5mm — have made their way into our drinking water, oceans, packaged food, and even table salt. What’s worrying? Their potential to silently damage your gut health.
According to studies in Frontiers in Endocrinology and Environmental Science, these particles can alter your gut microbiome, triggering inflammation, weakening the gut lining, and possibly leading to a condition called "leaky gut". This may result in poor nutrient absorption, bloating, fatigue, and even compromised immunity.
Some plastics also carry endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) like BPA and phthalates, which may further impact metabolism, hormones, and digestive function.
So, while your body may excrete some microplastics, chronic exposure through contaminated water or food can disturb your entire digestive ecosystem over time.
What can you do?
- Use reliable water filters (RO or activated carbon)
- Avoid plastic bottles—switch to glass or stainless steel
- Boost gut resilience with Indian probiotic foods like curd, kanji, fermented pickles, kombucha & buttermilk
- Eat a fiber-rich diet to support gut lining integrity
Your gut is more than just digestion—it’s your second brain. Let’s not feed it plastic.
🔬 Sources: Microbiome research, environmental health journals, and probiotic science (Cleveland Clinic, JMB, PMC articles).
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