So I don't think your argument about beans can be used to invalidate the findings of the research.
The gas beans give you is likely due to an inappropriately low amount of gut bacteria required for their digestion. It would be a better idea to try to re-cultivate this bacteria than to exclude beans, however.
The starter is simply flour and water, but after a while of refreshing with new flour and water eventually the ever-present wild yeast and (good) bacteria start to grow really quickly.
I usually wrap with saran wrap and when the starter is really active the saran wrap expands a bunch. From what I understand this is the gas from the bacteria eating their way through the flour.
Could excess gas in humans be a similar situation? ie lots of gas means our microbiome is busy eating and farting a bunch. Which to me sounds like a good thing. Maybe not so good for those around you.
What does that have to do with anything?
One would think the only thing to check for when designing an anti-inflammatory diet is inflammation.
Because it influences the likelihood that I’m genetically adapted to metabolize a food. People without milk in their evolutionary environment tend to be lactose intolerant, for example.
I often wonder if environmental pollutants like mircoplastics or some unknown chemical in our environment has lead to the reduction in diversity of gut bacteria making autoimmune disorders skyrocket.