Eating from takeaway plastic containers can increase the risk of heart failure. This is what emerges from a study conducted on a sample of over 3 thousand people, which highlighted a link between the use of plastic packaging and cardiovascular problems. Finish substances such as BPA, Ftalati and Pfas, commonly present in food containers, known for their harmful effects on the health of the heart, ended up under accusation
If you have a habit of eating takeaway food from plastic containers You may have some problems. It is not the first time that the containers of the take away: There are already many studies that have analyzed the health risks connected to their use.
Now a new study guarded and accuses BPA, phthalates and pfas contained in this type of packaging.
From an analysis of the habits of 3 thousand people it has in fact emerged that eating from takeaway plastic containers can increase the risk of heart failure and beyond.
The study
The researchers first analyzed the frequency with which Over 3 thousand people in China They consumed food from plastic containers for takeaway and their heart diseases and through laboratory experiments, they came to the conclusion that alterations of the intestinal microbiota cause inflammations that damage the circulatory system.
In particular, to simulate contamination, they poured boiling water into the containers for 1, 5 and 15 minutes, since the plastic chemicals are released in larger quantities in contact with hot contentand have found that the ingestion of these substances can alter the intestinal environmentinfluence the composition of the microbiota and modify intestinal metabolites, in particular those related to inflammation and oxidative stress.
What are the most dangerous substances?
In the study – and published on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety – did not identify which specific chemicals have moved from the containers, but a strong link has been established among the most common plastic compounds – such as Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates And Pfas – and heart disease, as well as an association previously documented between the intestinal microbiota and heart disease.
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