Posted on 09/25/2021 2:45:42 PM PDT by be-baw
Whole head of what?
I love garlic, but my wife adores it too much. She eats so much, it comes out of her skin. Not good for “date night”....
The author is not wrong about garlic & the gut, but is SO wrong about other facts that the conclusion is clear:
She’s an idiot.
I suggest understanding a word:
Oligosaccharide.
The author is an idiot and should not be writing about the gut.
"It also keeps vampires away."
those pesky italians must have figured this out long ago
Fructans that are inulans (sp?) are polysaccharides, not oligosaccharides, so they are not digestible by humans, but they are digestible by beneficial bacteria.
Before you further embarrass yourself, do some basic research. It’s far more complex than you assert in terms of health, but beautifully simple in terms of organic chemistry...if you take the time to understand it.
It will also benefit you immensely.
If more FReepers in this thread were aware of “Why?” they react badly to cabbage, broccoli, kimchi, etc., they would be able to change course to improved health, heal the gut and later enjoy foods which are wholly beneficial without fear or discomfort. AMA doctors are almost totally worthless in this regard.
Btw, those reading this who have gut sensitivities and consume yogurt (or other packaged foods, including ice cream) which contains chickory should read up before believing that either, 1. You are yogurt (food) intolerant, 2. The yogurt must be working.
The same goes for many other wrongfully-demonized foods due to oversimplified (dare I say ‘ignorant’) cause/effect.
Yeas ago dated an Italian guy......the odor was just overbearing and so it was a very short lived relationship..6 weeks I think.
You seem to get off on putting people down, without actually saying anything worthwhile. I actually have a biology degree, so I certainly have some “basic research.” I’m not, however, up to date on various breaking research or alternative medicine, so if you want to say something other than “everyone besides me is stupid,” please do so.
I don’t even know what you’re trying to say. Fructans cause farts? Fructan intolerance is a thing, if that’s it. I never meant to deny that.
“Fructans that are inulans (sp?) are polysaccharides, not oligosaccharides,”
I attempted to respectfully give you an out and you doubled down both by attacking me and defending your comment via citation of your education.
Those words above are not mine, they are yours. Use that tool in front of you.
OK, seriously... forget about fructans for a moment... (I flipped the meaning of what I wrote because I left off “not” when I tried briefly to look up the spelling of “inulin.” Maybe you could have guessed that when I went on to describe polysaccharide fructans, but I can’t blame you being thrown off by MY error.)
But here’s the thing that I really want to address. You actually started off with, “before you embarrass yourself further.” If you actually think that’s being respectful, fructans making you fart in public is NOT the root cause of your social problems. In fact, that comment kinda wins a prize for dickishness, which, in the context of debating anonymously on the internet, is a pretty big accomplishment.
But I buy black garlic...and it is amazing also.
So you would have preferred a softer approach than that, hmmm? Reactionary to a soft correction of an egregious statement with an ad hominem response, hmmm? Awful liberal of you. /s
My original comment was denigrating the author of the OP article with a suggestion to look up the word. You responded with a totally ignorant response, doubling down with the narcissistic statement, “I actually have a biology degree.”
If you feel slighted, I am the wrong target. Perhaps you should look to your alma mater and get your money back.
There’s no ad hominem. An ad hominem would be “you’re a jerk, so obviously you’re wrong about oligosaccharides.” I’m saying, “forget about the issue of oligosaccharides, you’ve got bigger problems.”
To wit, I acknowledged making an error expressing myself. I can’t expect you to recognize and presume the presence of the error, but since the correction fits the context better, it should be apparent after the fact. But you want me to get my money back for my degree.
And that is precisely the last I will engage vicious trolls today.
Well, now: I see you didn’t sleep through the “Pot Victimization by the Kettle” lecture.
smh
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