Have you been heating and reheating food in the black plastic boxes that come with your takeouts, which advertise they are microwave-safe? Or drink only bottled mineral water at work, wondering if the office RO is clean enough or not? Or using plastic utensils, cutting boards and cooking with non-stick cookware? All of these may be contributing to your fatty liver , according to a new study by the University of Plymouth. The plastic from containers, wrappers and liners breaks down in the body into smaller particles called microplastics and nanoplastics, which the body absorbs. Once ingested, they pass into the digestive system, interacting with gut enzymes and microbes. And according to the research published in the journal ‘Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology,’ since the liver serves as the body’s primary filter for everything consumed, these particles often become trapped there.…