Reject the Bean/Soy/Vegan New World Order

``I tell you too, as did Pythagoras, withhold your hands from beans, a hurtful food.'' - Aristoxenus

``Plato therefore bids us go to our sleep in such bodily condition that there may be nothing to cause delusion and disturbance in our minds. It is thought to be for that reason too that the Pythagoreans were forbidden to eat beans, a food that produces great flatulency, which is disturbing to those who seek mental calm.'' - Marcus Aurelius

``Ah, woe is me that the pitiless day of death did not destroy me ere ever I wrought evil deeds of devouring with my lips! Abstain wholly from laurel leaves... oh wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from beans.'' - Empedocles

I like black-eyed-peas, but I've always seen them as a type of bean.

Effect of Processing on Flatus-Producing Factors in Legumes

Abstract:
The effect of various treatments, viz., (1) soaking in plain water and sodium bicarbonate solution, (2) cooking of soaked seeds, (3) autoclaving of soaked seeds, (4) germination, and (5) frying of germinated seeds, was studied by measuring the oligosaccharide contents of five commonly grown legumes, viz., Rajmah (Phaseolus vulgaris), Bengal gram (Cicer arietinium), black gram (Phaseolus mungo), red gram (Cajanus cajan), and broad bean (Vicia faba). The contents of sucrose, raffinose, stachyose, and verbascose decreased under various treatments. Germination beyond 48 h resulted in complete disappearance of raffinose, stachyose, and verbascose. The 24 h germination is recommended as a reasonably good treatment for legumes for reduction of flatus production as considerable losses of raffiiose, stachyose, and verbascose occur during this period.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jf00062a028