I think I’ve read about the baking soda trick, but haven’t tried it.
I love beans, especially black beans; they don’t love me :-(
I’ve never had a problem with chickpeas or lentils...
I will start a prep/vegetarian thread with as much nutrition info as I can dredge up or that people are interested in; and recipes, and I’m sure others will have lots of useful things to add.
There are many methods to make legumes easier to digest and I will list and describe as many as I know on that thread. A few off hand are lengthy soaking, tossing rinse water and washing well, long slow cooking, and adding gas relieving spices and herbs. Fennel, turmeric, ginger and many other culinary herbs and spices help with gas, those are just a few. Beans have to be cooked very very well; no al dente.
I don’t like using baking soda in them, never tried, maybe it works.
I’ve never had a problem except when I’ve eaten a whole lot of beans all at once after not having any for a while. Since I love beans, I do have them at least weekly. So I haven’t had a problem since. Have you tried building up to the black beans slowly? I wonder if that helps or if it’s just a permanent reaction
I don’t like using baking soda though. I have used it when cooking old beans and it makes them slimy. And when I know it’s in there I can taste it. So now when I have old beans I either mash them and make refried beans or I grind them into powder and put them in my bread. some people don’t notice baking soda apparently, so you could give it a try I suppose. It’s better than having pain and digestive problems!