
Why Beans Make You Fart
Not fiber, and not beans simply being hard to digest. They carry three sugars your small intestine cannot break down, because it makes none of the enzyme required. Those sugars reach your colon intact, where billions of bacteria do have it. The gas isn't your digestion failing. And they dissolve readily in water.
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