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I'm tackling part of the issue of food toxin remediation with my new venture, NeutraOat (neutraoat.com). It's a modified oat fiber supplement that selectively t

I'm tackling part of the issue of food toxin remediation with my new venture, NeutraOat (neutraoat.com). It's a modified oat fiber supplement that selectively traps BPA, PFAS, and plasticizers in the gut and reduces levels in the blood serum. The funding for this is tough, though. Everyone loves the idea, but it's difficult to find people to fund R&D to make sure the product actually works over brand building and marketing. I've had to be very scrappy. Hopefully this will change in the future as we build momentum and awareness, but for right now it's tooth and nail.

jonway 11mo ago
I wish you luck!
tomrod 11mo ago
Not sure or the US programs are running, but check out SBIRs
BugsJustFindMe 11mo ago
> it's difficult to find people to fund R&D to make sure the product actually works In the US it doesn't matter. Just talk about the problem and pretend like it works. You'll be rich.
hshdhdhehd 11mo ago
Good luck. I'll order some if it works.
krackers 11mo ago
Except now I have the problem of trusting that this new supplement isn't contaminated with anything, _and_ that the "microscopic pores" resulting from this "patented process" don't turn out to have some harmful effect in the body.
- cenamus 11mo ago
  I guess it would be sort of similar to activated charcoal? And that's surely well studied, and also "eaten"
  - AstralStorm 11mo ago
    You might have just filtered off all the nutrients and have yourself a dietary deficiency. Oops. And your supplements might well be contaminated...
    - cenamus 11mo ago
      I suppose you wouldn't be eating these oats regularly? More like a couple times, then test the levels and maybe repeat after a while?
Flere-Imsaho 11mo ago
Sounds interesting. I heard about oat's ability to absorb nasty stuff in the gut for awhile. However, in the UK oats are dried out using glyphosate...a known carcinogen! Feels like modern society makes it nearly impossible to not be exposed to harmful substances...so I hope you're successful.
- gambiting 11mo ago
  The whole point of glyphosate is that it deteriorates very very quickly, and your oats should contain exactly zero of it. Obviously that's the theory, I'd love someone to test it. But in US wheat is routinely dessicated with glyphosate so either their bread is giving everyone cancer, or the compound does actually break down as expected. Or maybe it's somewhere in between. Either way, it's like the article said - it's impossible for us consumers to figure any of this stuff out. We have to rely on public agencies, which are under constant attack from multinational corporations throwing billions of dollars at the issue, because following regulations costs money. And that's in developed countries, if you're buying stuff from places with barely functional food quality inspection then good luck I guess.
  - philipp-gayret 11mo ago
    What is "very very quickly"? From Wikipedia: > The reported half-life of glyphosate in soil varies from two to 197 days with a typical field half-life of 47 days being suggested.[56] Soil and climate conditions affect glyphosate's persistence in soil. The median half-life of glyphosate in water varies from a few days to 91 days.[56] At a site in Texas, half-life was as little as three days. A site in Iowa had a half-life of 141.9 days.[94] The glyphosate metabolite AMPA has been found in Swedish forest soils up to two years after a glyphosate application. It has a lower half-life in water, and a lower half-life when it's warmer. I store my oats both dry and cold. As for cancer, I don't know - but it certainly is giving everyone parkinsons.
    - gambiting 11mo ago
      But you see - this is the whole problem. Every time I tried looking into it myself all I could find was that "dessicating crops with glyphosate is safe because it breaks down before it makes it into your food". If that is just simply not true or at the very least "true but only in ideal conditions that happen 5% of the time" then we're all screwed and no one seems to care.
anonu 11mo ago
So I need to put something in my body to prevent other things in my body? I don't mean to be the party pooper but this is my first thought. Health conscious people care about plastics in their body and are probably shopping organic and what not. So you have a high hurdle to climb with any "modified" foods.
citizenpaul 11mo ago
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jonway 11mo ago

I wish you luck!

tomrod 11mo ago

Not sure or the US programs are running, but check out SBIRs

BugsJustFindMe 11mo ago

> it's difficult to find people to fund R&D to make sure the product actually works In the US it doesn't matter. Just talk about the problem and pretend like it works. You'll be rich.

hshdhdhehd 11mo ago

Good luck. I'll order some if it works.

krackers 11mo ago

Except now I have the problem of trusting that this new supplement isn't contaminated with anything, _and_ that the "microscopic pores" resulting from this "patented process" don't turn out to have some harmful effect in the body.

cenamus 11mo ago
I guess it would be sort of similar to activated charcoal? And that's surely well studied, and also "eaten"
- AstralStorm 11mo ago
  You might have just filtered off all the nutrients and have yourself a dietary deficiency. Oops. And your supplements might well be contaminated...
  - cenamus 11mo ago
    I suppose you wouldn't be eating these oats regularly? More like a couple times, then test the levels and maybe repeat after a while?

Flere-Imsaho 11mo ago

Sounds interesting. I heard about oat's ability to absorb nasty stuff in the gut for awhile. However, in the UK oats are dried out using glyphosate...a known carcinogen! Feels like modern society makes it nearly impossible to not be exposed to harmful substances...so I hope you're successful.

gambiting 11mo ago
The whole point of glyphosate is that it deteriorates very very quickly, and your oats should contain exactly zero of it. Obviously that's the theory, I'd love someone to test it. But in US wheat is routinely dessicated with glyphosate so either their bread is giving everyone cancer, or the compound does actually break down as expected. Or maybe it's somewhere in between. Either way, it's like the article said - it's impossible for us consumers to figure any of this stuff out. We have to rely on public agencies, which are under constant attack from multinational corporations throwing billions of dollars at the issue, because following regulations costs money. And that's in developed countries, if you're buying stuff from places with barely functional food quality inspection then good luck I guess.
- philipp-gayret 11mo ago
  What is "very very quickly"? From Wikipedia: > The reported half-life of glyphosate in soil varies from two to 197 days with a typical field half-life of 47 days being suggested.[56] Soil and climate conditions affect glyphosate's persistence in soil. The median half-life of glyphosate in water varies from a few days to 91 days.[56] At a site in Texas, half-life was as little as three days. A site in Iowa had a half-life of 141.9 days.[94] The glyphosate metabolite AMPA has been found in Swedish forest soils up to two years after a glyphosate application. It has a lower half-life in water, and a lower half-life when it's warmer. I store my oats both dry and cold. As for cancer, I don't know - but it certainly is giving everyone parkinsons.
  - gambiting 11mo ago
    But you see - this is the whole problem. Every time I tried looking into it myself all I could find was that "dessicating crops with glyphosate is safe because it breaks down before it makes it into your food". If that is just simply not true or at the very least "true but only in ideal conditions that happen 5% of the time" then we're all screwed and no one seems to care.

anonu 11mo ago

So I need to put something in my body to prevent other things in my body? I don't mean to be the party pooper but this is my first thought. Health conscious people care about plastics in their body and are probably shopping organic and what not. So you have a high hurdle to climb with any "modified" foods.

citizenpaul 11mo ago

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