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About Beans
A near perfect health food, beans are high in complex carbohydrates, amino acids, fiber, iron, and folic acid, yet contain little or no fat and no cholesterol.
Altough a bean's protein is considered incomplete because it is low in the amino acid methionine, your body will transform it into a high quality, complete protein if you eat grains, seeds, daity or meat at some point during the same day. Beans are one of the best sources of soluble fiber, which has been shown to maintain normal cholesterol and stabilize blood sugar. Insoluble fiber is also considerable in beans, which helps to maintain regularity. Undercooked beans contain ogliosaccharides-complex sugars that cause gas and stomach distess. Humans cannot digest these sugars, so they travel to the intestines where bacterial enzymes break them down, producing methane, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. You can easily prevent discomfort by presoaking and cooking beans thoroughly. Cooking beans in a 3 inch strip of kombu (a sea vegetable) also makes them more digestible. If beans are new to your diet introduce them gradually to allow your intestinal bacteria to adjust and make bean digestion more efficient. A good ratio of beans to grains in a meal is about 1 to 4. Enjoy! |
September 6th, 2010
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