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Ways To Avoid Gas from Beans

by Angie DiazCervo on May 05, 2011

7 Ways To Avoid Gas from Beans

posted by Diana Herrington


 

There are 1,000 varieties of beans, every one of them good for your body in some way. They include peas, lentils, garbanzo bean/chickpeas and peanuts. Yes, peanuts are a bean.

“Beans, beans,
The magical fruit,
The more you eat,
the more you toot!
The more you toot,
the better you feel,
so let’s eat beans
with every meal.”

Why Eat Beans, Peas, Lentils and Peanuts?

  • High in protein: 1/2 cup (4 ounces) of beans is equivalent to eating two ounces of lean protein. Nutritional guidelines recommend that most adults eat about 5 1/2 ounces of lean meat a day.
  • Lots of fiber: ½ cup serving of cooked dry beans has 4 to 10 grams of fibre.
  • Rich in complex carbohydrates.
  • Contain iron, zinc, calcium, selenium and folate.
  • Rich in antioxidants.
  • Low in fat.
  • Provide a low glycemic index.

    • Research has shown that the legume family may help to reduce chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes mellitus, inflammatory diseases, osteoporosis, depression, obesity, cancer and stroke.

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