Well I eat beans but I never get any gas. Can any1 tell me why ppl say it gives you gas?
2006-06-30 07:46:07 · 21 answers · asked by General X 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Many edible beans, including broad beans and soybeans, contain oligosaccharides, a type of sugar molecule also found in cabbage. An anti-oligosaccharide enzyme is necessary to properly digest these sugar molecules. As a normal human digestive tract does not contain anti-oligosaccharide enzymes, consumed oligosaccharides are typically digested by bacteria in the large intestine, which produces flatulence-causing gasses.
Some species of mold produce alpha-galactosidase, an anti-oligosaccharide enzyme, which humans can take to facilitate digestion of oligosaccharides in the small intestine. This enzyme, currently sold in the U.S. under the brand-name Beano, can be added to food or consumed separately.
2006-06-30 07:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The complex protiens in beans take extra work to be broken down by the stomach, if not chewwed up well enough. Imagine your body like a car. The cleaner the gas is before it is put into your car, the less emmisions it has. I'm guessing you don't get gas because you properly chew your food before swallowing. "
ROTFLMAO!! What a load of Hoo-Hah!!
1) It has NOTHING to do with protein!
2) It has NOTHING to do with how well it's chewed!!
The incredible Bullsh!t you get on here is just amazing!
The previous answer re: oligosaccharides is completely correct. This "Reebok" clown is full of crap!
2006-06-30 07:56:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The complex protiens in beans take extra work to be broken down by the stomach, if not chewwed up well enough. Imagine your body like a car. The cleaner the gas is before it is put into your car, the less emmisions it has. I'm guessing you don't get gas because you properly chew your food before swallowing.
2006-06-30 07:50:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-06-30 07:49:53 · answer #4 · answered by King H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Not if your used to eating it. It used to make my brother gas, now it doesn't. He started eating it everyday cause he's about to marry a mexican girl.
2006-06-30 07:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by ladylike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the flatulence caused by dried beans is created by oligosaccharides, complex sugars that because they're indigestible by normal stomach enzymes they travel into the intestine and ferment into gas
2006-06-30 07:55:38 · answer #6 · answered by Joshua S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Bush his family has the seceret recipe LOL>
Till the dog tells all.
Isn't life funny sometimes?
2006-06-30 07:50:03 · answer #7 · answered by eg_ansel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the protein in beans can give you gas, but not everyone & not always
2006-06-30 07:49:16 · answer #8 · answered by paj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they do, when cooking navy beans i soak mine in cold water over night and rinse them well before cooking them, you can actualy see the sodium rise to the top after you have soaked them
2006-06-30 08:12:31 · answer #9 · answered by streetrodder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was on an episode of Myth Busters
2006-06-30 07:53:53 · answer #10 · answered by crucifiedwarrior 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋