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Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?

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Post by meroes »

krackers wrote: post #16
blackjack_ wrote: post #15

Yes. You just eat beans a lot. After a few months it stops making you gassy until you eat a type of bean you have never eaten before and then you are back to square one. Source: vegan who eats beans with 75+% of meals

>After a few months it stops making you gassy What causes this? Gut microbiome adapting? Doesn't that imply there should be some probiotic-type supplement you can take to seed these bacteria and keep them alive even when not eating beans?

I don't know if you can have it all, bacteria wise.

Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?

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Post by christkv »

Hmm too bad he did not try out the method I use which is soaking in water with a bit of baking soda. You got to rinse the beans well before cooking them. Would be interesting to know if it really makes a difference on the gas. It does on the skin though making them much softer.

Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?

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Post by enaaem »

blackjack_ wrote: post #15

Yes. You just eat beans a lot. After a few months it stops making you gassy until you eat a type of bean you have never eaten before and then you are back to square one. Source: vegan who eats beans with 75+% of meals

Reminds me of the cure for lactose intolerance: You just have to keep drinking milk until your microbiomes adapts.

Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?

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Post by howlin »

I'm a vegan so experienced bean eater. There are a couple things I found that help, but they do come at a cost of flavor or texture:

Soak and rinse, but the soak water should be boiling when the dry beans go in.

Alkaline. Sodium Carbonate (baking soda) or calcium hydroxide (lime) work. Throw away the cooking water. This has to be done carefully, as too much of either can give the food a mineral taste and/or dissolve the beans entirely.

Fermentation also works. Lactic acid (like kimchee or pickles) helps a little. Koji (either added or grown on the beans themselves) helps a lot. Both will have a big impact on the flavor and what the beans will be good for in the end.

Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?

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Post by TurdF3rguson »

zanellato19 wrote: post #23

It's a Portuguese article, but a well known thing in Brazil to leave them in water https://www.nationalgeographicbrasil.com/ciencia/2024/10/voc...

To soak them in water. And then toss the water (very important). If you try to use the water from soaking you will regret it.

Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?

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Post by finger »

enaaem wrote: post #33
blackjack_ wrote: post #15

Yes. You just eat beans a lot. After a few months it stops making you gassy until you eat a type of bean you have never eaten before and then you are back to square one. Source: vegan who eats beans with 75+% of meals

Reminds me of the cure for lactose intolerance: You just have to keep drinking milk until your microbiomes adapts.

That seems like a very shitty cure..

But on a more serious note, does that actually work, even if just a bit?

Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?

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Post by WJW »

hoppyhoppy2 wrote: post #35
kopadudl wrote: post #28

Why would you? Farting is the pinnacle of comedy.

My own as-yet-unpublished research suggests that some cultures frown upon excessive comedy in the workplace.

But what if those cultures are just objectively wrong? Farts are hilarious after all.

Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?

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Post by polishdude20 »

finger wrote: post #37
enaaem wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of the cure for lactose intolerance: You just have to keep drinking milk until your microbiomes adapts.

That seems like a very shitty cure.. But on a more serious note, does that actually work, even if just a bit?

Yes.
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