Do beans really make you fart?


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Beans contain three rogue oligosaccharides-raffinose, stachyose and verbascose-which humans cannot digest, because we lack...

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Yes, beans contain sugars that we can't digest. When the sugars reach our intestines, the bacteria go wild and make lots of gas!

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Yes they do, because beans contain sugars that we humans cannot digest, and they cause flatulence. ChaCha on!

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Beans are high in fiber, and foods high in fiber tend to cause gas. Thank you for choosing ChaCha!

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