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If anyone is in (or knows anyone in) agronomy, please fund/start studies on the viability of using bacillus subtilis, the bacteria behind natto, to ferment anim
by californiadreem 4y ago
If anyone is in (or knows anyone in) agronomy, please fund/start studies on the viability of using bacillus subtilis, the bacteria behind natto, to ferment animal feeds, thus increasing the latent levels of vitamin K2 in their diets.
Notionally, this would lead to conventional livestock (and the people that consume them) receiving adequate levels of vitamin K2, which would likely lower incidents of osteoporosis, dental caries, and heart disease throughout the population at a marginal cost without altering any consumer patterns.
Secondarily, food scientists: please work on making natto-derived non-soy legume products fashionable amongst Westerners to directly increase their K2 consumption.
With the rise of legume consumption and high-protein bean pasta products, finding ways to use non-soy fermented legumes as a base would increase their nutrition substantially without the externalities associated with contained feedlot operations.
Also, if anyone is in (or knows anyone in) criminology or criminal justice reform, please advocate for continuous glucose monitors for LEOs and judges. Reactive hypoglycemia is positively correlated with aggression and punitive judgments. Time of day when court is held has a documented impact on severity of sentencing. This is almost certainly caused by varying degrees of reactive hypoglycemia.
Notionally, legislating that judges and LEOs formally monitor and regulate their blood sugar levels should lead to fewer incidents of systemic abuse of power.
- andrei_says_ 4y ago> Also, if anyone is in (or knows anyone in) criminology or criminal justice reform, please advocate for continuous glucose monitors for LEOs and judges. Reactive hypoglycemia is positively correlated with aggression and punitive judgments. Time of day when court is held has a documented impact on severity of sentencing. This is almost certainly caused by varying degrees of reactive hypoglycemia. All I have to say this is equally logical, fascinating, and terrifying. Thank you for this comment - exactly my kind of mind-opening aha moment.
- jkaptur 4y agoLogical, fascinating, and terrifying, yes. Actually real? Maybe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_judge_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_judge_effect
- daveguy 4y agoHungry judge and hypoglycemic judge are two very different things. Related, but definitely not the same. The proposed monitoring gets directly to the hypoglycemia.
- ShredKazoo 4y agoThis guy doesn't think it's real https://daniellakens.blogspot.com/2017/07/impossibly-hungry-judges.html https://daniellakens.blogspot.com/2017/07/impossibly-hungry-...
- runarberg 4y agoI had no idea natto had these health benefits. I eat natto a few times a week, mostly because it is yummy and really easy to prepare. It is basically instant food if you already have rice. If you like fermented food, I can’t recommend it enough. I guess a lot of people are hesitant though since it is quite slimy and has an odd smell, but if you can get over that, it is really a perfect instant food.
- greggman3 4y agowhat is the definition of "perfect food"? For me that would probably be a banana. eady to eat, tastes great, relatively easy to ship all over the world. even in Japan, half the country doesn't like natto.
- runarberg 4y ago> what is the definition of "perfect food"? I kind of meant it as a figure of speech. For me natto is perfect when I have a pot of rice, don’t feel like cooking, and want something substantial with a rich flavor. So lots of food can be “perfect” under different circumstances. However if I were to pick one perfect food, I think I would pick the potato.
- password4321 4y agoWhat nutrients does a potato offer? Maybe a sweet potato...
- dekleinewolf 4y agoI am an adventurous eating and love trying new foods. Natto made me retch when I tried it. And it made me retch again when I unknowingly ate it a week later hidden in some rice. This is not gonna be a staple in the European diet unless the world goes through some radical changes making it an absolute necessity.