The Weird Reason You Should Be Adding Baking Soda to Your Beans

How to Cook Dried Beans

Here are three reasons you should be sprinkling a little baking soda into the soaking water for your beans.

It’ll Make You Less Gassy

If youlove beansbut can’t stand the way you feel after eating them (read: bloated, gassy), you’re definitely not alone. Beans are a particularly gas-inducing food because they contain oligosaccharides, a type of sugar our bodies can’t digest well. Oligosaccharides can make it all the way down to the large intestine before the body fully digests them, which can cause the production of gas and make us feel uncomfortable.

Your Beans Will Cook Faster

Bottom Line

If you’re even shorter on time, you may want to try some ofour favorite recipes to make with a can of black beans.

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