The Low-FODMAP diet was created by researchers at Monash University in Australia to help people suffering from common digestive illnesses. Monosaccharides (fructose), And Polyols (sugar alchohols such as sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol and maltitol). Seventy-five percent of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have greatly improved symptoms when they remove the FODMAP foods from their diet.
Very simply, a mulch is anything that covers the soil. They can be made of old leaves, straw, rocks, bark, gravel, boards, bricks, even plastic. Mulches are almost always a very good idea but when it comes to mulches and molds, they aren't all created equally. Bark is a very good material on which to grow mold.
The sun can't bake the soil when mulch is shading it. Mulch, as it decomposes adds organic value to soil and it provides a uniform, finished look in garden beds. It really doesn't do anything to cut back on bugs.. The people who put too much mulch around their trees are doing it wrong.