Tofu? Farting like a cab-horse now. Help.?!
Answers: Does Tofu make anyone else a bit stinky? I ate it as i'm really into healthy eating, but i smell rancid now and it's not very nice. Anyone else have this problem? Thanks.
Actually it has nothing to do with fiber in you diet. Any soy or other bean product contains pentoses (5 carbon sugars as opposed to glucose which is a hexose) which are undigestable by gut bacteria therefore they are fermented in the gut and you know the result. There's really nothing you can do for it except train you gut to degrade pentoses. Good luck.
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i have tried it and no wonder
Any time you add more fiber to your diet, it will make you a little gassy. You're body will get used to it, and the farting will stop, lol.
Haha! Sorry, try some Beano maybe!
Nope, never had that problem. lol
It is bean curd. Try some beano before u eat it.
Never had a problem with it. Just get used to it.
It won't stop the farting completely, but drinking some peppermint tea will help to calm things down a bit as it relaxes the muscles slightly.
I've also heard that the herb Winter Savory is meant to ease flatulence, but I'm not sure how you would take it, except perhaps combining it into your meal.
Foods like beans (Tofu is made from soybeans) do make you fart a lot more but they aren't what make the farts smell bad. It's meat or dairy products that make farts smell bad because they rot before they finish going through your digestive system, causing them to smell when they do come out. That's why, for example chili with beef and beans is a deadly combination.
Well, it is made out of beans !
not me, if you were really into healthy eating (as you say you are), i'm sure your body would be used to it by now
I grew up in Taiwan eating Tofu almost once or twice a week and I am eating more now because I've given up eating meat and I have been windy all my life. Can't be helped. Small price to pay to save the animals.
Give Ashleys boyfriend a ring, I bet he would love to meet you
It's the veg*n warning system, dear. It's nice to know when veg*ns are coming so that we may avoid all of you. Have another helping of tofu, luv.
Yes, Groid everyone does fart. . . but not are not gasbags as are most veg*ns.
Yes - I do. I now ensure I eat it when I'm going to be in the company of people I dislike the next day. Just enjoy it - remember, everyone farts !
That's one of the "perks" (pun intended) of being a vegetarian. Thanks, more steak for me:o)
Eating "healthy" really "wreaks" havoc on your system. Wow, theres another somebody stop me! haaa