WE ALL know what beans means. But now there’s a way to eat bean-filled food like curries and salads with far fewer episodes of flatulence. Food scientists in India have discovered that blasting some beans with gamma rays can help oust most of the chemicals that make people fart.
Bacteria in the large intestine produce the accumulation of gas that causes flatulence. When these bugs consume certain types of carbohydrates, called oligosaccharides, they produce a mix of gases that includes methane and certain sulphur-containing gases. It’s the latter that have people pinching their noses.
On average, adults produce 4 to…
