Our study described the perceived amount of GI discomfort experienced by people from
regular bean consumption over several weeks.
The earliest credible evidence
of bean consumption appears in the early - middle of the 15th century in the Sufi shrines of Yemen.
It's the lack of gut bacteria from a lifetime of not eating legumes which causes gaseous distress from a sudden large increase
in bean consumption.
In this study, it took only one week of
garbanzo bean consumption to improve participants» control of blood sugar and insulin secretion.
Not only was regular
bean consumption as effective as portion control in reducing prediabetes risk factors like slimming waistlines and better blood sugar control, but the bean diet led to additional benefits beyond just calorie reduction, presumably due to some functional properties of the beans and peas.
One 2009 study found that
black bean consumption may decrease the risk of colon cancer (Bennink 2009), a 2011 study found that black beans helped improve insulin resistance (Tetsuya Inagum1, Junkyu Han, Hiroko Isoda 2011) and yet another study found that eating black beans helped to reduce blood sugar in Type 2 diabetics.
Did you know that
bean consumption is the one common thing between all Blue Zone Populations, who are the world's longest living cultures?
Although that might be a lot of
bean consumption...
Peanuts, technically also a legume and not a nut, also make up a substantial part of
our bean consumption, and are also a rapidly rising allergy, especially among children.
Americans, for our part, get most of
our bean consumption from soy and soy products.
I've now reduced
my bean consumption and am feeling much healthier and my stomach issues are gone.
Not a study exists showing harmed health from
bean consumption.
Eat in plenty, as no studies indicate elevated IGF - 1 from
bean consumption.
These dietary confounders were not controlled for in analyses, so it is difficult to determine the degree to which the relative leanness in variety bean and baked bean consumers may be attributed specifically to
bean consumption.
Seventy percent or more of the participants who experienced flatulence felt that it dissipated by the second or third week of
bean consumption.
Minimally, this study showed that
bean consumption is associated with an overall dietary pattern and lifestyle that tends to be associated with relative leanness.