beans beans good for your heart, beans beans make you ??

[jakesi]

Is there any truth that they give you wind?

[Wispy68]

Yes, it is true. All 'pulses' give you wind, unfortunately!

[5029]

Its because they're full of fibre!

[RevShirls]

My husband and my dog are proof of this!!!!

[Hippy]

Those nice bacteria in the small intestine break down the complex food meolecules into simple stuff that the body can absorb. Beans and puses contain lots of long chain molecules, called polypeptides, made up of strings of amino acids. When the bacteria get to work on these, chopping them into smaller units, the by-product is methane, some oxygen and some carbon dioxide.