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Approach 1, macro science, in palette D, bold color field.

Extreme macro photograph of a single translucent, gel-like chitosan flake with a fibrous, glassy texture. Tiny colorful microplastic fragments and thin fibers are caught in its web, as if trapped in a net. The flake rests at the center of the frame against a saturated, evenly lit tomato-red backdrop, with a shallow depth of field that blurs the background fragments into soft bokeh. The camera sits at a slight top-down angle, about 30 degrees off the surface. Soft diffused studio light comes from the upper left and creates crisp specular highlights along the gel's edges. One tiny electric green fragment among the plastics adds a subtle accent. The mood is clean, curious and cautiously hopeful, with a microscopy-like realism and no text.

Mikroplastika u krvi? Kitosan smanjuje razinu za 26 % za 15 dana

BY NOVA CHEN · 20. lis 2026.

Svi sudionici pilot‑studije imali su mikroplastiku u krvi, i to još prije uzimanja dodataka. Zatim je 11 osoba uzimalo 0,8 g dnevno kitosana dobivenog iz rakova tijekom 15 dana i zabilježilo pad razine plastičnih čestica u krvi od 26,3 %, dok se kod kontrolne grupe ništa nije promijenilo. Raniji rad na štakorima sugerira da kitosan može stvarati gel u crijevu i izlučivati plastiku putem stolice. No, s tek 21 sudionikom, bez kliničkih ishoda i s nezrelim metodama mjerenja, ovo je obećavajući trag, a ne dokazan detoks. Evo što je studija otkrila, što ne može reći i kako to razumno razmišljati.

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Mikroplastika u krvi? Kitosan smanjuje razinu za 26 % za 15 dana

Mikroplastika u krvi? Kitosan smanjuje razinu za 26 % za 15 dana