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A more plant-based diet without stomach troubles: Getting rid of FODMAPs with enzymes:
A plant-based diet is a good choice for both climate and health. However, many plant-based products, especially legumes, contain FODMAP compounds that are poorly digestible and cause unpleasant intestinal symptoms. A study by VTT and Finnish companies succeeded in breaking down FODMAPs with enzymes and producing new, stomach-friendly plant-based food products.
FODMAPs are short-chain carbohydrate molecules that are poorly absorbed in the human small intestine. These non-absorbed compounds move along to the large intestine, where intestinal microbes feed on them. This results in the production of gases that causes symptoms especially for those suffering from intestinal disorders, but also for many others. These problems are relatively common, as it has been estimated that the irritable bowel syndrome alone affects between 10% and 20% of the population.
Many foods containing FODMAPs are in themselves healthy and good sources of fibre, nutrients and vegetable proteins. However, those suffering from symptoms will often avoid these foods and miss out on their health benefits.
In a study funded by VTT, Gold&Green Foods, Raisio, Roal and Valio, VTT focused on two key FODMAP compounds: galactan and fructan. Galactan is abundant in, for example, legumes, while fructan is found in many cereals, among other things.
[...] "The study showed that enzymes also work under a variety of conditions and in different food processes. This is interesting new information especially for legumes, as there are currently no similar legume-based foods suitable for the FODMAP diet on the market," says Nyyssölä.
"The results are most likely to be utilised next in the development of new food items, but also in academic research in order to verify the effects on intestinal symptoms with certainty," he continues.
Journal Reference:
Antti Nyyssölä, Simo Ellilä, Emilia Nordlund, Kaisa Poutanen. Reduction of FODMAP content by bioprocessing. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2020; 99: 257 DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.03.004
(Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 17 2020, @04:44AM (2 children)
Please don't be ignorant. Cows eat grass until they get to the feedlot where they are fattened up for a few months before being shipped off to the slaughterhouse. Per Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]:
And cattle raised for beef production are what we're talking about, because "cattle produce too much methane!" is an argument spun off from the "Grrrr! People eat too much meat!" argument that vegans have taken up as their banner. (Personally I think that's a terrible miscalculation, because conflating veganism with environmentalism turns too many people away from fighting climate change, so low is vegans' collective Q-score; we can carry on eating meat perfectly well, but we do need to do something about CO2 levels in the atmosphere.)
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Friday April 17 2020, @05:46AM (1 child)
I am of the opinion that we don't. 210ppm was so low as to be a danger to the entire biosphere. If it gets as low as 180ppm everything dies. 400 - 1000ppm is probably a comfortable range*. If that results in a greenhouse effect that warms the planet unacceptably, then we should look at countering that as a separate issue. The simplest (not necessarily the cheapest) way would be to calculate how much less sunlight you want and deploy a reflective sunshade at L1 to block that much.
*Given how much it stimulates plant growth I very much doubt we will get above that. Warming increases evaporation, which increases rainfall. Combine it with higher CO2 and the Sahara will be a jungle before we have to worry about too high CO2.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 17 2020, @01:12PM
Zip it, deimtee. (sotto voce) You're getting in the way of my scheme to mine carbon from the atmosphere!
Washington DC delenda est.