Saluscs:

it depend on how the bean is cooked

naijaking1:

My brother, we just dey exchange ideas. No big deal.

Your referrence link was about red beans, not our popular blackeye pea or 'beans'. I know there are at least 100 species of beans, both poisnous and edible.

Personally, I have never eaten red beans, but I know people who have. My grand-mother would tell us about some type of beans they were forced to eat as kids because of hunger, "we soaked it for 4 days, cooked it for 24 hours, and had the dog taste it before we did" My discussion is focused on blackeye pea, because some species of beans could kill you.

Another point with your ref. was that it was an experiment in mice- now, you know that man and mice don't share similar diet, colonic anatomy, or even social influence of excessive gas production-farting.

Naijaking thank you very much. Nothing de happen as you said.
I have never disputed the nutritional value of beans. have not also disputed that gas production from bacterial break down beans is not normal, in fact I did say it is not disputable.

If you take a closer look at the first link I posted, you will see that it said that red beans has the greatest amount of lecitin (phytoaglutinin) and even gave you the percentage of lecithin in white beans(black eyed pea) which you are talking about. They all contain this guy.

Although we all know that when we soak beans or boil it for a while and discard the water, the extent of diarrhoea reduces, look the link from FDA as was posted above
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/facts/hhpfacts/FS-PeasBlack-eyedDry.pdf
In all the methods of preparation, they advised that you soak or boil for a while a remove the. I do not think it is the fiber that is meant to be removed with the water. I guess it is the chemical that causes the wahala. How you see ma point?



From a surgical point of view, any agent that induces colonic diarheae also activates the lymphocytes lining the colons, not just with beans.

Diarheae or not, the most important point is moderation. There are different types of fiber-soluble and insoluble, but they produce same effect- makes you go.

Have you ever wondered why beans is always on the menu of institutionalized settings- prisons, hospitals, boarding schools? Despite the bad name, it's the only cheaply available food that has been found to ward off malnutrition.

Many people don't know, I too didn't know when I was in boarding house at Nike Boys, we thought that Wednesday and Saturday beans was a punishment sent directly from hell.

chi-baby:

na mess ma brother. before nko lol,

webdezzi:

too many lecturers, i wonder who's idea we go buy

faketan:

Eat beans. It is good for you. I defy all the discomforts and still eat it and I think my tommy is getting to terms with that. lol

What in Gods earth is stooling and messing, would you guys possibly be talking about taking a shit, leaving a dump, doing #2, squeezing one off, and for the messing, if you mean fart, just say it 'fart", or passing gas, or flatulance, or ripping one, or blowing a fart, or letting it rip, or flying a fart,. Now thats how we say it here in the states.   

Beans is synonymous with mess, dirty mess i mean thats why i will never eat beans and i don't mess beleive me. Unless good mess that can serve as perfume in some quaters.

If you and I are better than the present and past leaders, Naija go good

naijaking1:

There's something to be said about methods of preparation and the sysmptoms.

Eating moi-moi, and akara which are made from beans don't seem to cause so much stooling and excessive gas.

Maybe eating beans in this form causes us to eat less and avoid the outer-coating--- which maybe contributing to fiber.

real_demi:

LOL.

I agree that beans is extra hard work for some people's digestive sysytem beacsue i realize that it's not everybody that stools after eating beans. What i mean is that some bowels move on a normal level and fart (very normal) but a sizeable amount of people have running stomach (diarrhoea) after beans.

I also concur to cooking method making a difference, no matter what some people say. i grew up hating beans even though my mum would insist and i wouldnt have a choice but to eat but my system's intolerance grew by the day. By the time i was in Secondary school, i couldn't eat beans without extreme diarrhoea so i stopped eating it.
However, rescue came after my NYSC, while i was undergoing my 2nd degree. My roommate used to wonder why i never liked beans but i was a bit adventurous and tried eating beans she cooked about twice and i didn't stool. I was surprisesd and thought it was coincidence. Somehow, i later discovered that she drains the water from the beans after it has boiled for like 30-40 mins, then pour fresh water with lots of onion. And that's how i've been cooking beans since. No more shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii**ing. Peace!!! . Now, it just moves my bowels normally.

la!:

beans gives me heart-burn
hate beans

Petname:

This does not apply to all people and it depends on the kind of beans, and the mode of preparation.

Thanks.

ty4real:

E wa James eeeee, Jmaes ewa
Ewa ti kolepo
Ewa ti kolata ,ewa
Ewa James ooooooo,eee James ewa
Na dt kind beans dey make person alti iyagbe men!

sley4life:

Why be say our things for this country no dey go right, We wan eat protenious food wey go belle full us, after we eat am na mess we go dey mess. I don tire for beans because of the negative effect. If i wan go work interview i no need eat beans because i go loose the job because the room wey them de conduct the interview go dey smell mess. Beans mess de smell pass other food mess. The mess be like say na spoilt food we dey eat. If i invite babe come my end i no need to eat beans before she come my house because i go loose her consent and her likeness for me, Make Scientist find solution of avoiding mess and stool when we eat beans. The shit wey dey come out after eating beans dey smell pass gutter.