Experts make flatulence-free bean

[JPace]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4943486.stm

Experts make flatulence-free bean

A method of creating super-nutritious but flatulence-free beans has been developed by scientists.
Beans are a cheap and key source of nutrition especially in the developing world, but many people are thought to be put off by anti-social side-effects.

A Venezuelan team says fermenting beans with certain friendly bacteria can cut the amount of wind-causing compounds, and boost beans' nutritional value.

The research appears in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Flatulence is caused by bacteria that live in the large intestine breaking down parts of food - such as soluble fibre - that have not been digested higher in the gut

Beans, such as the black bean commonly eaten across Central and Southern America and tested by the team, contain many of these compounds.

Researchers from the Simon Bolivar University in Caracas found that by boosting the natural fermentation process by adding a particular type of bacteria , called Lactobacillus casei (L casei), the amount of these indigestible wind-causing compounds were reduced.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Oh, heck; that's no fun at all.

How can there be such a thing as a bean that isn't "the musical fruit?"

[benburch]

2. Sometimes, there is such a thing as too much music! nt

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Dogs throughout the world get a reprieve...

...from being blamed for farts they didn't cut. :rofl:

[Zensea]

4. Venezuelan experts ...

Nothing but trouble from that country these days.:)

[Lefty48197]

5. Now if they can just make a bean that doesn't taste like beans

then I'll start eating them.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. That's progress? What's next - a conservative radio host with brains?