Beano--Rich

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In a message dated 12/17/02 2:28:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,

writes:

> Beans are a special issue. There are complex sugars

> (oligosaccharides) in beans and less so in a few other foods that

> are not digestible in the small intestine because people lack the

> enzymes to do this. Thus, these substances are left for the

> bacteria to ferment, and this produces a lot of gas. The only

> remedies I know for this are to alter your diet (dump the beans) or

> to take Beano, which is an enzyme product made from Aspergillus

> mold. I don't know whether you can tolerate Beano, though.

>

> I'm glad to hear that your social life is picking up, ! (;-)

>

Rich, how does something like Gas-X work? It treats the symptom after it has

already occurred whereas Beano is the only one that will keep gas from

forming in the first place? I tried Beano a number of years ago but found

that I had to use so much of it to be effective that I did not like using it

due to it not being cheap. So soy is in same game, called a soy bean but is

it really a bean? It sure gives me as much gas as beans. Maybe wheat causes

gas too. Does soy and wheat have the same oligosaccharides in them that are

hard to digest and are left fermenting? Either way I suppose I have too many

of these bacteria b/c I can eat the same beans as others and I get tons of

gas while others get little or none. It's just not fair. Ok, end of post

here, so those reading for education stop here. For latest gossip on my

social life comments read on...as stated, as for social life, date number one

who told me she wanted to meet (i.e., asked me out, not other way around,

which is usually how it works with me for some reason, but the catch is I can

get phone numbers I don't even ask for by good looking women but then they

never return calls and so I have worst luck) failed to call me on Mon when

she said she'd be in town (flight attendant) next and so I guess the good

looking ones I tend to be attracted to are usually messed up in the head

anyway so I don't even care at this point b/c I am too busy with work,

studying CFS, studying stk mkt trading and reading and low on money b/c of

CFS. Add on the fact that my sexual interest is not as normal as someone w/o

CFS (don't know how many other CFS guys are like me) and I have great

turndown power over women but occasionally a fine looking one does manage to

nearly sucker me in to her web but I've yet to be caught yet, HA! So I look

at it as positive thing in general that I never get caught up in

relationships. There's always date number two now that I need to tend to as

I already met her whole family recently and they all want me to hook up with

her. Relationships w/i confines of CFS is always an issue with some or most

of us who are single as people just don't think we're ill by looking at us,

yet I feel inadequate delivering pizzas at 29. Enough rambling here. Bye.