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.
According to Washington State University, cedar chips repel, kill or can inhibit insects like termites, cockroaches, cloth-eating moths, carpet beetles and certain ants such as ordorous and Argentine. Spread cedar or cypress mulch around your garden or landscape plants to keep insects away. The wood of these trees is also resistant to decay, allowing it to last longer than other mulches. One of the properties of mulch lost when using cedar or cypress bark is nutrients added to the soil as the wood decays.