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Environmental and ecological discussion, particularly of things like weather and other natural phenomena (especially if they're not breaking news).

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Beans are protein-rich, sustainable, and delicious. Why doesn’t the US eat more of them? (www.vox.com)

submitted 1 year ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/environment

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is an actual study disproving that myth (that beans increase flatulence).

The issue is that so few are used to actually eating enough fiber, that they might have a temporary increase in gas when they introduce more for the first time.

[–] repeatsitself@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Very informative thank you for the reply