How to Add Beano to a Dish

Overview

Beano is a food supplement that helps your body digest beans and other foods that typically cause gas and bloating. It contains enzymes that help to digest complex carbohydrates in foods such as beans, nuts, fruits, and vegetables. People who have difficulty digesting complex carbohydrates can avoid unpleasant reactions by simply avoiding foods that trigger symptoms, but these foods can be quite healthy, offering protection against colon cancer and heart disease. Adding Beano to food provides a solution to this dilemma.

Step 1

Wait for your food to cool a bit before adding Beano. Excessive heat kills the enzymes in the product, making it ineffective. If your food is too hot to eat, then it is too hot for you to add Beano.

Step 2

Add Beano before you take your first bite of food, so it can begin working right away.

Step 3

Add 5 drops of liquid Beano for each serving of beans or vegetables. A serving of beans, according to the USDA Food Pyramid guidelines, is half a cup of uncooked beans, or about one cup cooked. A serving of vegetables, according to the USDA Food Pyramid guidelines, is half a cup. If you are using Beano tablets, take one tablet for each serving of beans or vegetables before you take your first bite of food. The tablet also may be crumbled directly onto the food, according to the Beano information page at www.rxmed.com.

Step 4

Add additional Beano if you suffer from suffer Complex Carbohydrate Intolerance or are especially prone to gas and bloating.