Scientists at the Genotek Center for Medical Genetics found that trehalose (mushroom sugar) intolerance is most common among Koreans (58%), Mongolians (50%), Kazakhs (36%) and Yakuts (28%). The mutation is also quite common among Bashkirs (17%), Ashkenazi Jews, Chechens and Karachays (14%). The company reported this to socialbites.ca.
The mutation is most common in Mountain Jews (2.5%), Armenians (3%), Ukrainians (3.5%), Russians (3.8%) and Belarusians (4.6%).
Trehalose is a “fungal sugar” found in fungi, algae, insects, some plants, and also in a variety of candies and processed foods that contain trehalose as a sugar substitute, thickener, or stabilizer.
The activity of the trehalase enzyme, which breaks down trehalose, depends on the TREH gene. If a person has the mutation, the body secretes three times less amount of trehalase than needed. This leads to digestive upset (pain, bloating, diarrhea) when eating mushrooms and other foods containing trehalose.
“Like lactose intolerance, this is important information for Russians, helping them to properly form their diet and avoid errors in their eating behavior, especially since mushrooms are part of the majority of the national cuisine of the people of Russia,” the product manager told Gazeta. .Ru Medical genetics center Genotek Alexander Rakitko.
If a person falls into a group with a high risk of genetic mutation, he or she should reduce the amount of “mushroom sugar” in their diet.
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