Re: Result of eating more beans

Raffinose is the oligosaccharide found in beans, and intestinal micro flora
in the large intestine can digest   raffinose, which produce the enzymes
needed. There are also other digestion resistant polysaccharides in beans.

"Bob Pastorio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>    MetroPed wrote:
>
> > To whom it may concern,  I realize this is very anecdotal but this
personal
> > observation may be of interest...
> >
> > For about the last year I've significantly increased the percentage of
> > 'beans and lentils' in my diet.  Overall calorie intake and exercise
have
> > remained the same.  Noticed I don't get that drowsy 'low blood sugar'
effect
> > an hour or 2 after I've eaten.  More importantly,  my weight has dropped
12%
> > without 'dieting'.   As I said this is very anecdotal but may be of
interest
> > to some.
> >
> > Note 1: I'm boiling dry beans with no sugar added.
> > Note 2: Also noticed that after about 2 month I no longer had that
'bowel
> > distress' problem folks associate with beans.
>
> Very interesting. Hard to believe. The music maker in beans is a
> family of compounds called "oligosaccharides" which we can't digest no
> matter how hard we try. We have no means to break them down to simpler
> sugars. No enzymes. The only way is to add them to our foods, as in
> using the product called "Beano."
>
> If you've found a way to do that, you're the first human in history to
> do so. Boiling beans with sugar is not a broadly-used way of cooking them.
>
> Pastorio
>