[at-l] Beans

[wb4pan at mindspring.com (Chase Davidson)]

Yup,
	Low carb dieters should probably avoid Beano for the same reason that 
using it is a benefit to hikers that want to extract all possible 
benefit from their food. The web site has a list foods that fall into 
this Beano-fishal category.

chase

Jim Bullard wrote:
> Okay, if I understand this correctly, no one on a low carb diet would 
> want to take Beano. Low carb dieters want fiber in their diet because 
> although fiber is carbohydrate, it complex carbohydrate that your body 
> can't break down and digest. Beano would defeat the purpose of adding 
> fiber to your diet by making it digestible.
> 
> At 03:37 PM 11/27/2004 -0500, Chase Davidson wrote:
> 
>>         I checked the beano web site.....
>>
>> http://www.beanogas.com
>>
>> Only Beano contains a natural food enzyme that works with your body's 
>> digestion to breakdown the complex sugars in gassy foods making them 
>> more digestible.