hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoU can eat it. Its just not particularly nutritious or paletable.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoI still wonder why if we need more fiber in our diets we don’t just toss wood pulp in everything. Apparently supplemented processed fiber gives you liver cancer though. Tldr: Inulin bad. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/diets-high-in-processed-fiber-may-increase-risk-of-liver-cancer-in-some-people I wonder how depression era sawdust bread would work though.
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoA lot of processed foods do have wood pulp in it. Often labeled celulose to hide that they just putting wood pulp in ur food.
U can eat it. Its just not particularly nutritious or paletable.
I still wonder why if we need more fiber in our diets we don’t just toss wood pulp in everything.
Apparently supplemented processed fiber gives you liver cancer though.
Tldr: Inulin bad.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/diets-high-in-processed-fiber-may-increase-risk-of-liver-cancer-in-some-people
I wonder how depression era sawdust bread would work though.
A lot of processed foods do have wood pulp in it. Often labeled celulose to hide that they just putting wood pulp in ur food.