Wow, no mention of asafoetida (hing)?
Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
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Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
#112Not related to beans, but I had serious issues with bloating, gas and bad smell comparable to sewage. It went on for years until I had a short massage to adjust my stomach, the lady was pushing and shifting things around. This was a few months ago. Ever since I haven't had that type of gas, and I burp now which I haven't for years. I didn't change my diet at all.
Did the massage trigger a giant fart? I would be terrified of somebody massaging my stomach, lol
Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
#113Not related to beans, but I had serious issues with bloating, gas and bad smell comparable to sewage. It went on for years until I had a short massage to adjust my stomach, the lady was pushing and shifting things around. This was a few months ago. Ever since I haven't had that type of gas, and I burp now which I haven't for years. I didn't change my diet at all.
There are yoga poses that can be done solo, that have the effect of massaging internal organs. This can also be helpful for the lymphatic system, in which lymph circulates passively, encouraged by movement of the relevant body parts.
Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reminds me of the cure for lactose intolerance: You just have to keep drinking milk until your microbiomes adapts.
An article on this did the rounds a few months ago and suddenly everyone quotes it as gospel truth. Unfortunately, it's not. What will happen is that you'll get somewhat better at digesting lactose as your gut bacteria learn to partially compensate for your lack of ability to produce lactase enzyme. If you're only slightly lactose intolerant that might be sufficient. But for many people it would just make a bad healt…
Lactose issues are fascinating. Some peop’e are triggered by pasturized milk, others can't handle milk at all. Some people can only handle cooked milk, others cheese until limits. For some lactose works, and for others not - to the point of upsetting stomachs. There's even compelling annecdotes (to my knowledge, no research) indicating that adding a couple of drops of any citrus to milk helps some people.
For some reason this all blows my mind.
Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
#115Not related to beans, but I had serious issues with bloating, gas and bad smell comparable to sewage. It went on for years until I had a short massage to adjust my stomach, the lady was pushing and shifting things around. This was a few months ago. Ever since I haven't had that type of gas, and I burp now which I haven't for years. I didn't change my diet at all.
Please say more; this is breaking my brain.
Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
#116About 50% of people just don't get gassy from beans to begin with, and 70% of those who do adapt within weeks, according to https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51819295_Perception... My casual observation is that people's perception of bean's gas causing properties is way out of line with what they do for most people and strongly influenced by people who have unusually high intolerance, who are the minority. A p…
> My casual observation is that people's perception of bean's gas causing properties is way out of line with what they do for most people and strongly influenced by people who have unusually high intolerance, who are the minority.
I would not be shocked if they're also influenced by knowing a catchy rhyme describing the purported effects on an individual who consumes them.
Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
#117Yes. 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
YMMV and people differ. Source: vegetarian who eats a lot of beans too. Beanzyme is a lifesaver.
Yeah, people are diverse. I have this issue with lentils. I love em, but however many I eat they don’t love me back.
Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
#118Yes. 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
well if your solution is to eat beans with 3/4 meals and I STILL need to social distance for a few months while I acclimate then that's not really the best solution now is it?
Yeah, you don’t run a marathon on your first run. You ramp up the intake slowly as your body adapts, like anything. If you are unlucky, this takes a long time or never happens because you rolled a bad microbiome. But for most people, this works fine.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
If Dave Arnold says he really doubts it, it's a pretty safe bet he's read like a dozen papers related to the prediction and is basing it on something. He's like the Bunnie Huang of cooking.
In the article the only explanation he gives is that it doesn't make sense to him, doesn't mention any papers or anything at all. But I'm pretty certain that he's wrong and it works. The difference in gas if I've been eating beans recently vs if I haven't eaten them in a couple of months is not just "I feel like maybe I get a little bit less gassy maybe" it's going from "two dozen farts at least, guaranteed" vs "one…
Yeah, given the number of vegans / vegetarians I know who have gone through this I find it completely self obvious. If I went and ate meat today, I would almost certainly barf… But I wouldn’t spend ages trying to find a way to cook meat to make me not barf, I would just slowly introduce it back into my system little bits at a time until the adverse effects go away.
Re: Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
#120Traditionally in many cuisines cumin or caraway seeds are added to dishes such as beans or cabbage for this reason.