#hashab

I wrote the book on gum arabic that didn't exist.

Not because I'm a scientist. Because I was an importer who lost everything to the Sudan war — and finally had time to read what my Sudanese partners had been telling me for years.

540+ scientific studies. 23 chapters. One ingredient hiding in plain sight.

Gum arabic is in your soda. Your candy. Your supplements. Your medications. It's one of the most common food additives on the planet.

But here's what the labels don't tell you:

→ It's a prebiotic that selectively feeds beneficial gut bacteria → Clinical trials show it supports kidney function → Research links it to improved blood sugar and reduced inflammation → Traditional Sudanese medicine knew this centuries before Western science caught up

I spent months reading research from Germany, Sudan, Belgium, China, Jordan, the US — compiling what academics had published but never translated for general audiences.

The result: "The Exceptional Acacia Gum Arabic: The Research Evolution from Resin to Fiber to Prebiotic"

This is for the gut health nerds. The ingredient-label readers. The people who want to know what's actually in their food and what it does.