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I don't think the article disproved it. In my experience, soaking does definitely reduce the flatulence effects.

• heywire 12y ago
  True, it didn't disprove it. I was merely going based on the quote, "...suffice it to say that even with almost all of the alpha-galactosides gone, there wasn't a consistent marked decrease in human flatulence." They went on to say: "We reduced the alpha-galactoside content by 90% but we haven't done anything to dietary fiber," says Gray, "and dietary fiber produces similar effects."
• maxk42 12y ago
  Actually dietary fiber does NOT create similar effects. SOLUBLE dietary fiber does. And that is also dissolved by water. Which is why you soak.
• o_nate 12y ago
  That's an interesting scientific study. It confirmed that soaking can dissolve the complex sugars which contribute to flatulence. True it doesn't do anything about the fiber, but perhaps fiber has much less flatulence-causing effects for many people? I'm curious exactly how they measured the amount of flatulence and how large the population size of the study was.