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Eating kimchi might help clear nanoplastics out of your gut!

Jennifer Sandlin
Jun 08, 2026
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Research published last month in the peer-reviewed journal Bioresource Technology demonstrates that the oh-so-delicious Korean staple kimchi, thanks to its food-derived lactic acid bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides CBA3656, might help remove nanoplastics from our intestines before they can seep through and accumulate in our brains, kidneys, arteries, …

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