JUST-IN: Why People Pass Gas After Eating Beans and What It Means to Their Health

JUST-IN: Why People Pass Gas After Eating Beans and What It Means to Their Health

Passing gas after eating beans is a common and natural process caused by the digestion of complex carbohydrates. Beans contain a type of carbohydrate called oligosaccharides, particularly raffinose and stachyose, which the human body cannot fully digest because it lacks the necessary enzyme, alpha-galactosidase.

These carbohydrates pass through the stomach and small intestine undigested and reach the large intestine, where they are fermented by gut bacteria….Read More…>>>

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