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Aussie > wrote:

> Mark Thorson > wrote in :
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> g.
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> > Anyone familiar with the Korean oligosaccharide?
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> Interesting read........
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> http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nut...saccharide.htm
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> (Excerpt)
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> Sandwiched in between the simple sugars (monosaccharides) and the starches
> (polysaccharides) are a group of carbohydrates that we never heard much
> about until recently, and most people still probably have no idea what
> they are.

My understanding is that these are what cause flatulence in people. As
in beans and cabbage. If you take Beano, that provides an enzyme that
breaks these down into simple sugars, so they don't cause flatulence.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA