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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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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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The bizarre incident that forced plane to make emergency landing

<p>Of all the reasons a plane might be forced to make an emergency landing – severe weather, technical issues, a medical episode – this has to be the most bizarre we’ve ever heard.</p> <p>A Transavia Airlines flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol was forced to divert to Vienna Airport after a fight broke over a passenger who allegedly refused to stop farting. Yes, you read that right.</p> <p><a href="ttp://metro.co.uk/2018/02/17/passenger-drops-farts-so-putrid-pilot-is-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-7320242/" target="_blank"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Metro</span></strong></em></a> reports that the cabin crew failed to help the passengers after they complained, which led to the fight. Despite a warning from the pilot, the argument continued, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.</p> <p>Upon landing in Vienna, police boarded the plane to remove two women and two men whom the pilot described as “passengers on the rampage”.</p> <p>The two women, sisters, are now taking Transavia to court over the incident, claiming they were unfairly removed as they were not part of the altercation.</p> <p>One of them, 25-year-old law student Nora Lachhab, said being kicked off the flight was “humiliating”.</p> <p>“We had no idea who these boys were, we just had the bad luck to be in the same row and we didn’t do anything,” she told <em>De Telegraaf</em>. “All I will say is that the crew were really provocative and stirred things up.”</p> <p>None of the four passengers involved were charged, however all have been banned from flying with the budget airline in the future.</p> <p>“Our crew must ensure a safe flight,” Transavia said in a statement. “When passengers pose risks, they immediately intervene. Our people are trained for that. They know very well where the boundaries are. Transavia is therefore square behind the cabin crew and the pilots.”</p>

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