Beans Good For Prevention Of Diseases

Beans, beans good for your heart. The more you eat… Well, you know the rest. The children rehearsing this rhyme must have been medical experts. More than one study has proven this theory to be true.

Want to lose weight, but don’t want the exercise routine? Eating baked beans with rice and potatoes will certainly do the job. Neil King of Halstead in Essex, England, ate six cans of baked beans daily for nine months, and lost 140 pounds. King dropped from 420 pounds to 280 pounds!

An Arizona State University study found that a daily consumption (half-cup) of pinto beans will lower cholesterol more than 8 percent! That is actually better than the oatmeal your grandma eats, which is around 3 percent per half-cup.

A recent study published in The Globe And Mail suggests that beans reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. There is evidence that a diet with beans can improve blood glucose control.

What is a food with the highest concentration of disease-fighting compounds per serving? You might have guessed it, beans win again. Red beans are antioxidant-rich, which may prevent heart disease, cancer, and may slow down aging. Here’s the Top Antioxidant List.

So, while we may often think of beans as ordinary, they’re unequivocally extraordinary when it comes to health benefits. And when it comes to affordability, they just can’t be beat.