Eating more fiber can help to wash away carcinogenic ‘forever chemicals’, suggests a study.
Researchers in Boston compared men who took a fiber supplement three times a day with those who had a rice -based supplement for four weeks.
Blood tests revealed those who took beta-glucan fiber, found in mushrooms and oats, before each meal for four weeks a reduction of eight percent in ‘Forever Chemicals’.
Also known as PFAS (per and polyfluoralkyl fabrics), these toxic chemicals do not naturally break into the environment.
Instead, they extinguish from plastic containers and anti -stick cooking utensils in food and build in vital organs, which increases the risk of organ failure, infertility and some forms of cancer.
The researchers believe that fiber helps in filtering excess bile from the digestive tract, which holds PFAS to be absorbed through the bloodstream.
Although Bergen of Research has shown the deadly effects of chemicals on the body forever, the new study is one of the first to offer a scientifically proven way to get rid of the toxins that were thought to live in the body forever.
But it comes when nine out of 10 Americans do not consume enough fiber, which increases their risk of other rising conditions such as colon cancer.
Researchers from the University of Boston discovered that fibers in foods such as oats can reduce the amount of chemicals in the body forever (stock image) forever
PFAS is a common contamination in many household items, from cooking utensils to hamburger wraps. It can remain in the environment and the human tissue for years, even for decades, before it is cleaned up
The researchers, from Boston University, wrote: “Despite the growing concern about the toxicity of PFAs, specific interventions to reduce the PFAS levels in the body are limited.”
The study, published in the magazine Environmental health in March, Watched 72 adult men aged 18 to 65 with detectable levels of PFAs in their blood.
Of these, 42 consumed a supplement of one gram of oats beta-glucan, a kind of fiber that is naturally found in oats, mushrooms and seeds, three times a day, about 10 minutes before a meal.
The other 30 participants consumed a rice -based control supplement instead.
Researchers collected blood samples from each participant before and after the four -week experiment. Each test searched for 17 forms of PFAs.
At the start, 70 percent of the participants had 11 of 17 forms of PFAs in their blood and five forms were in the blood of each participant.
The study showed that men who took the fibers supplement an eight percent decrease in perfluoroctriedaatoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorochartanulphonic acid (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOs) (PFOS) (PFOs), saw that are considered two of the most dangerous forms of PFAS.
PFOA and PFOs are synthetic chemicals used in fire-fighting foam, anti-stick cooking utensils and stains to make them water and stain resistant.
PFOA is considered by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to be a carcinogenic substances of group 1, which means that it causes cancer in animals. PFOs is now a carcinogen of group 2, which suggests that it can cause cancer in animals.
Both chemicals are also considered endocrine -disrupting chemicals, which means that they imitate the hormones of the body and disrupt the production of – and reaction – natural hormones such as estrogen and testosterone.
This increases the risk of developing hormone-sensitive cancers such as breast and ovarian cancer.
The researchers believe that dietary fibers forms a gel that is punctually along the intestine of absorbing PFAs. This is because the gel stops the bile acids, which help to break down fats, to be resorbed in the bloodstream again.
Instead, that excess bile is excreted by stools.
It is thought that PFAS is sticking to the bile and traveling through the intestine, so that fiber can forever flush chemicals from the body before they can linger and cause permanent damage.
With the help of blood tests, the researchers discovered that men in the study had eight percent fewer PFOs and PFOA in four weeks than before the study (stock image)
There is no level of safe exposure to forever chemicals and they are linked to multiple cancers, asthma, fertility problems, obesity, birth defects, diabetes and autism
The researchers warned that not all PFAs fibers have been removed and more research is needed to determine whether other types have a similar effect.
In addition to freeing the body of PFAs, fiber is also known for adding weight to stools and making it easier to pass, which reduces the risk of constipation and promotes ordinary bowel movements.
Smaller stool spends less time hanging in the colon, reducing the risk of harmful contaminants that cause inflammation and cells cause growing uncontrollably. This reduces the chance of developing colon cancer.
However, 90 percent of Americans do not get the recommended 22 to 34 grams of fiber every day.
There were various restrictions on the new study, with the most important thing that PFAs can live in the body for two to seven years, so an experiment of four weeks was not enough time to properly assess the relationship.
The team also noted that consuming higher levels of fibers may be necessary to lower the PFAS levels in the long term.
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