Low-sulfur diet
A low-sulfur diet is a
Sulfur is an essential dietary mineral primarily because amino acids contain it. Sulfur is thus considered fundamentally important to human health, and conditions such as
The
Despite the importance of sulfur, restrictions of dietary sulfur are sometimes recommended for certain diseases and for other reasons.[citation needed]
Cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency
Food | g/100g |
---|---|
Egg , white, dried, powder, glucose reduced |
3.204 |
Sesame seeds flour (low fat) |
1.656 |
Egg , whole, dried |
1.477 |
Cheese, Parmesan, shredded | 1.114 |
Brazil nuts | 1.008 |
Soy protein concentrate | 0.814 |
Chicken , broilers or fryers, roasted |
0.801 |
Fish , tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids |
0.755 |
Beef, cured, dried | 0.749 |
Bacon | 0.593 |
Beef, ground, 95% lean meat / 5% fat, raw | 0.565 |
Pork, ground, 96% lean / 4% fat, raw | 0.564 |
Wheat germ |
0.456 |
Oat | 0.312 |
Peanuts | 0.309 |
Chickpea | 0.253 |
Corn, yellow | 0.197 |
Almonds | 0.151 |
Beans, pinto, cooked | 0.117 |
Lentils, cooked | 0.077 |
Rice, brown, medium-grain, cooked | 0.052 |
Agriculture
In the farming industry, environmental concerns over air pollution led to research aimed at reducing the odor of manure. A body of evidence emerged that increased sulfur containing amino acid content of feed increased the offensive odor of feces and flatus produced by livestock.[4]
This is thought to be due to increased sulfur containing substrate available to gut microbiota enabling increased volatile sulfur compound (VSC) release during gut fermentation (VSC are thought to be the primary contributors to the odor of flatus and feces).
This theory is supported by the observation that feces from carnivores is more malodorous than feces from herbivore species,[citation needed] and this appears to apply to human diets as well (odor of human feces shown to increase with increased dietary protein, particularly sulfur containing amino acids).[5][6]
Sulfur content of food
Generally, a low sulfur diet involves reduction of
Amino Acids containing Sulfur
A diet low in sulfur may impact (directly or indirectly) the use and utilization of some amino acids.
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Cystine, an important Amino Acid
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Cystathionine
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Djenkolic Acid
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Lanthionine
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Methionine, a core Amino Acid
See also
- List of diets
- Methionine
- Protein-energy malnutrition
References
- PMID 17986345.
- .
- ^ National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, U.S. Department of Agriculture, archived from the original on 2015-03-03, retrieved 2009-09-07.
- PMID 15206616.
- PMID 9274475.
- PMID 2019366.