Heathlyto102: Beans, why they help you live to 102

Beans, beans, the musical fruit

The more you eat, the more you toot

The more you toot, the better you feel.

So let's have beans with every meal.

All the information in this post is from: Dr. Greger's books and NutritionFacts.org

Beans are such an amazing food to eat. There are so many great side effects to eating them, why wouldn't you!

Beans have this really cool thing called the "second meal effect". Eat beans at dinner and you will feel less hungry after your breakfast. The way it works is this, you eat beans with your dinner let us say and by the next morning, your gut bacteria are eating those same beans. The by-products the beans create affect how your breakfast is digested and how full you feel. The starch in the beans slips through the small intestine, which makes you eat fewer calories at that next meal. Eating beans will in turn cut down on the amount of calories you eat at your next meal.

Beans also lower your ghrelin, your hunger hormone, making you less hungry. They play a role in the prevention and treatment of obesity.

If you are look for more fiber in your diet beans are where it is at, they have the most concentrated fiber of any food.

Beans are the best source of resistant starch, which is what helps with that "second meal effect". Resistant starch was discovered in 1982, these starches resist digestion which helps to lower their glycemic impact.

A Hawaiian study found an average 17 lb weight loss in 21 days with participants eating unlimited fruits, veggies, whole grains, and beans. That was a 7% fat loss on a average. A 2015 study found that beans are some of the least addictive foods we can eat.

Bean consumption is associated with less saturated fat and cholesterol intake. They lower cholesterol, benefit blood sugar, and lower insulin levels. Having beans a few days a week can also lower inflammation levels in the body. There is a significant link between beans and better health.