> Could someone explain the physiologic process that happens when you
> get gas from eating beans? Where does the gas originate? Why do we
> get gas from beans and not from wheat, for example?
> Thanks.
> Barbara

>Beans are one of the most powerful detoxifying foods.
>In particular, they mobilize gaseous toxins that accumulate
>in your fat tissues.  Air pollution, diesel exhaust, and
>exposure to solvents all contribute to the load of toxins
>that you breathe in every day.  Naturally, when they all
>come out at once, they stink.  It's like months or even years
>of accumulated toxins all disgorged in a series of, ahem,
>venting events.

>You should keep eating beans until no stinky gas occurs.
>That will be an indication that the toxins have all been
>cleaned out of your system.  In severe cases, it may take
>months or even years to remove toxins that have been accumulated
>since childhood.

>Chiropractors and competent herbalists can assist with your
>progress by recommending natural therapies which promote
>detoxification.  The "gold standard" in diagnosis is a hair
>analysis, which will indicate any deficiencies or overloads
>of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc.  Hope this helps!  :-)

> This has to be one of the most absurb things I've yet read on the
> Internet.  I wonder if by any chance this poster is the same person
> who attributed the odor in urine associated with eating asparagus to
> "cleansing the system" as well.

> >You should keep eating beans until no stinky gas occurs.
> >That will be an indication that the toxins have all been
> >cleaned out of your system.  In severe cases, it may take
> >months or even years to remove toxins that have been accumulated
> >since childhood.

> >Chiropractors and competent herbalists can assist with your
> >progress by recommending natural therapies which promote
> >detoxification.  The "gold standard" in diagnosis is a hair
> >analysis, which will indicate any deficiencies or overloads
> >of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc.  Hope this helps!  :-)

> Place beans in a pot with a large volume of water.
> Bring to a boil, cover, turn off heat, and let the beans soak for 1
> hour. Rinse beans until the water no longer foams.
> Add beans to fresh water and cook until they reach the desired
> consistency.

> Annette

> P.S. I'm glad I didn't sleep through that biochemistry class...

> >Could someone explain the physiologic process that happens when you
> >get gas from eating beans? Where does the gas originate? Why do we
> >get gas from beans and not from wheat, for example?
> >Thanks.
> >Barbara

> This has to be one of the most absurb things I've yet read on the
> Internet.  I wonder if by any chance this poster is the same person
> who attributed the odor in urine associated with eating asparagus to
> "cleansing the system" as well.  

> >Could someone explain the physiologic process that happens when you
> >get gas from eating beans? Where does the gas originate? Why do we
> >get gas from beans and not from wheat, for example?

> In addition to let the bacteria break down the carbohydrate molecules,
> beans also contains toxins that make even more of the proteins inedible.
> That's why you get stinking gas. Methionine and cystein are digested by
> bacteria instead of being amino acids for you. That gives H2S.

> ---------------------------------
> Alf Christophersen, Computer engineer
> University of Oslo
> Tel. +47 22 85 13 27, Fax: 22 85 15 32
> URL: http://www.uio.no/~achristo

> >Alf,
> >Why then do people say that beans are so good for you if all this
> >happens?? What are the trade-offs? Do we get the full use of the Amino
> >Acids (I'm told Soy Beans are the only plants that have full range of
> >Amino Acids), etc.

> If you follow the cooking instructions, the toxins are both removed with
> dilution water and destroy by long time cooking. But remember to do
> that. Otherwise the gas production may be dangerously high. Raw red
> kidney beans has such a level of toxins that people trying to use it as
> a slim agent says it should stop utilisation of 25% of the energy in the
> cooking.net">food you ingest. Fortunately, that is not correct :-) It is around 2-5%
> of energy consumption that may be cracked by the inhibitors, except soy
> bean trypsin inhibitor which may stop breakdown of a lot of protein.
> Unfortunately, the bacteria in you colon don't know about that, so they
> start breaking down the ingredients that you stopped your stomach and
> smaller intestines to utilize. Bacteria break down the cooking.net">food and have a
> helluwa jolly time feeding on that energy, growth and divide and produce
> methane, CO2 and H2S from the cooking.net">food and you tooooooooooth !!!
> Fart fart fart fart fart booooooom !!!