Guest guest Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 > So somebody wanna tell me what FOS means? I'll tell you, ! fructooligosacch'rides-- sugar polymer it's made in a lab-- chemic'lly synthesized-- indigestible! here's my rule o' thumb: if Idol won't touch it, then neither will I! http://www.scdiet.org/6research/fos.html B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I just want to point out here that the FOS being warned against is the manufactured product. I don't think anyone is warning against the naturally occuring FOS in onions, say, or honey--both of which foods have shown to be--in test tubes, anyway -- helpful in supporting gut flora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Long chain sugars (saccharides) like FOS are what's left over from fermentation. The short ones get consumed by the fermenting agents, so the long ones are left. They can be a good source of fiber and a good pre-biotic (food for beneficial intestinal flora). Long chain inulin is better than FOS (FOS still has some short-chain sugars present). -Mark _____ From: downwardog7 [mailto:illneverbecool@...] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:23 AM Subject: Re: FOS was probiotics > So somebody wanna tell me what FOS means? I'll tell you, ! fructooligosacch'rides-- sugar polymer it's made in a lab-- chemic'lly synthesized-- indigestible! here's my rule o' thumb: if Idol won't touch it, then neither will I! http://www.scdiet.org/6research/fos.html B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Mark- >They can be a good source of >fiber and a good pre-biotic (food for beneficial intestinal >flora). If you call something which klebsiella and clostridium flourish on a " good prebiotic " , then yes. Otherwise, no. >Long chain inulin is better than FOS (FOS still has some >short-chain sugars present). This is both false and misleading. First, inulin is highly undesirable, for much the same reasons that FOS is undesirable. Second, though manufactured FOS isn't the most stable substance in the world, it is being manufactured to 98% purity, so the amount of regular sugar you're getting in it is minimal. The sugar is almost entirely irrelevant to its power to harm. For some anecdotal evidence, here's a rather alarming inulin story for you. Awhile ago, an inulin pimp joined another list I'm a member of (one devoted to digestive health) and started advocating his inulin product both publicly and privately, ignoring and discounting all the evidence against it. He managed to convince perhaps a dozen or two list members to try his product. Every single one who described his or her experiences reported bloody stools. The inulin pimp tried to pass this off as a normal part of the " healing process " , but nobody got better (and in fact people got worse, passing more and more blood and feeling more and more pain) until they ceased consuming inulin. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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