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Foods that make you fart are good for you

<h1>Foods that make you fart are good for you</h1> <h2>A good sign for your microbiome.</h2> <div class="copy"> <p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The production of gas means that your body is hosting the right kinds of bacteria in your microbiome, an Australian scientists says.</span></p> <p>Dr Trevor Lockett, Head of the Gut Health and Nutrition Group at the country’s peak government science agency, says we should encourage these “good bugs” by eating more fibre.</p> <p>“Fermentable components of dietary fibre have a critical role in feeding the gut microbiome,” he told Bugs, Bowels and Beyond, the 2015 National Scientific Conference of the Australian Society for Medical Research held in Adelaide, South Australia this week.</p> <p>Recent findings describe how different dietary components influence the microbiome, and determine their production of not just gas, but also molecules that are beneficial in the large intestine.  </p> <p>“For example, we know now that bacteria living in the large intestine produce a short chain fatty acid known as butyrate, which can reduce inflammation by stimulating regulatory immune cells,” Lockett said.</p> <p>Resistant starches tend to make it through digestive processes in the stomach and small intestine to feed the microbiome in the large intestine. Unrefined whole grains, pulses and legumes, unripe bananas and cooked and cooled foods such as potatoes, pasta and rice are goods sources.</p> <!-- Start of tracking content syndication. Please do not remove this section as it allows us to keep track of republished articles --> <img id="cosmos-post-tracker" style="opacity: 0; height: 1px!important; width: 1px!important; border: 0!important; position: absolute!important; z-index: -1!important;" src="https://syndication.cosmosmagazine.com/?id=11098&amp;title=Foods+that+make+you+fart+are+good+for+you" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> <!-- End of tracking content syndication --></div> <div id="contributors"> <p>This article was originally published on Cosmos Magazine and was written by Bill Condie. Bill Condie is a science journalist based in Adelaide, Australia.</p> </div>

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"Always beware of the live mic": Poulter unleashes on first tee

<p><span>There seemed to be a slight wind blowing in on the first hole.</span></p> <p><span>Unfortunately for golfer Ian Poulter, the PGA Tour has mics covering the entire premises and in a hilarious moment, he was caught letting out a fart on live TV during the final round of the Travellers Championship.</span></p> <p><span>As Greg Chalmers teed off on the first hole Sunday morning, Poulter very audibly let one rip just as he had finished his swing. The broadcast captured the fart in vivid detail, and the golfers were heard laughing immediately after.</span></p> <p><span>“Did you get that?” Poulter asked.</span></p> <p><span>“Stay over there,” Chalmers joked in response. “Is that supposed to be more silent than that?”</span></p> <p><span>Poulter admitted his actions on Twitter, tweeting: “3 club wind this morning on the first tee. Always beware of the live mic.”</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">3 club wind this morning on the first tee. Always beware of the live 🎙 <a href="https://t.co/tzFGtf2mSS">https://t.co/tzFGtf2mSS</a></p> — Ian Poulter (@IanJamesPoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/IanJamesPoulter/status/1277325666942357508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">The best bit everyone thinks it was you 🤣</p> — Ian Poulter (@IanJamesPoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/IanJamesPoulter/status/1277330881590460416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <p><span>The PGA Tour had placed mics on players since they resumed play this month, a new wrinkle added to broadcasts since there are no fans in attendance at events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. </span></p>

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Man fined $800 over “massive intestinal wind”

<p>A man in Vienna has been fined 500 euros ($AUD 817) for breaking wind loudly in front of police.</p> <p>The Oesterreich newspaper has reported that the fine stemmed from an incident on June 5th and the offender was fined for “offending public decency”.</p> <p>The Vienna Police Department said in a series of tweets: "Of course, nobody will be shown if 'someone gets away' by mistake. However, the information shown was provocative and uncooperative throughout the previous official act.</p> <p>“He rose slightly from the park bench, looked at the officers, and apparently intentionally released a massive fart in the immediate vicinity of the officers. And the colleagues are rather reluctant to fart.”</p> <p>If the man does not pay his fine, he will face five days in jail.</p> <p>Vienna police said that the penalty for the crime “is imposed individually by the criminal officer (a lawyer) for each individual case. As with any administrative announcement, appeals can be lodged and legal remedies can be brought.”</p>

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Billy Connolly and wife slam Michael Parkinson's claims: “He’s a daft old fart”

<p>Billy Connolly and wife Pamela Stephenson have slammed UK TV host Michael Parkinson's claims Connolly can no longer recognise him. </p> <p>According to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/michael-parkinson-mistaken-billy-connollys-illness-say-friends/"><em style="font-weight: inherit;">The Telegraph</em></a></strong></span>, the Scottish comic refuted Parkinson's claim on Sunday that, the last time they saw each other, he wasn't sure if Connolly knew who he was or not. </p> <p>Connolly was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013 after a fan warned him his walk showed "distinct signs" of it. On the same day as his Parkinson's diagnosis, he also learnt he had prostate cancer, which he was later given the all-clear from.</p> <p>In spite of the claims by Parkinson – that Connolly's "wonderful brain is dulled" – Connolly told <em style="font-weight: inherit;">The Telegraph</em> his friend was mistaken.  </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">Mike Parkinson is a daft old fart - doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Billy’s doing great and still funny as hell</p> — Pamela Stephenson (@PamelaStephensn) <a href="https://twitter.com/PamelaStephensn/status/1031544889941614593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2018</a></blockquote> <p>"I would recognise Parky if he was standing behind me – in a diving suit," he said. </p> <p>Connolly's wife, Kiwi Pamela Stephenson, also slammed the idea, posting a succinct rebuttal to Twitter:</p> <p>"Mike Parkinson is a daft old fart – doesn't know what he's talking about. Billy's doing great and still funny as hell."</p> <p>Producers working on TV projects with the Scottish comedian also denied Parkinson's description of Connolly. </p> <p>"We have been busy filming with Billy over the summer and can report happily that he's on top form – as sharp and hilarious as ever," producers at Indigo Television said in a statement. </p> <p>On Sunday, Parkinson – affectionately known as "Parky" in the UK, by those close to him and the wider public - told <em style="font-weight: inherit;">Saturday Morning with James Martin</em> that Connolly's <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/health/mind/billy-connolly-s-sad-new-battle"><strong><u>"wonderful brain has dulled".</u></strong></a></p> <p>"To know someone as long as I knew and loved Billy [...] it was an awful thing to contemplate, that [recognising a friend] had been taken from him in a sense," Parkinson said. </p> <p>While he is best known as a stand-up comedian, Connolly has featured in a number of movies, including Lemony Snicket's<em style="font-weight: inherit;"> A Series of Unfortunate Events</em>, <em style="font-weight: inherit;">Brave</em> and <em style="font-weight: inherit;">The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies</em>.</p> <p><em style="font-weight: inherit;">Republished with permission of <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz"><strong><u>Stuff.co.nz.</u> </strong></a></em></p>

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