Beans
Eating Cranberry Beans Every Day Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Blood Pressure – Health Digest
Puhimec/Getty Images When you hear about cranberries, you probably think of the tart crimson fruit associated with the holidays. However, there’s another type of cranberry that you might want to bring into your diet, especially if you’re interested in lowering your blood pressure: cranberry beans. You might […]
Eating Kidney Beans Every Day Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Cholesterol – Health Digest
Gmvozd/Getty Images No beans about it: There’s absolutely no reason to deny yourself a daily dose of kidney beans. Not only do kidney beans come in light and dark colors — each with a slightly unique flavor profile — but they’re also highly versatile and budget-friendly cooking ingredients. […]
Rinsing Canned Beans Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Body – Health Digest
A 200-gram serving of baked beans in tomato sauce could contain as much as 9.6 grams of sugar, per BBC Good Food. Excess sugar in your system can sit in your digestive tract and ferment, eventually becoming food for your gut bacteria, leading to gas buildup. Some people may experience cramping along with the gas. […]
Green Beans Have An Unexpected Amount Of Protein – Health Digest
There’s a reason why your mother told you not to forget the green beans on your plate while you focused on everything else but the superfood. They may not taste as amazing as mashed potatoes (although this depends on how you make them and varied palates, of course), but they come packed with a whole […]
How Many Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans Equal A Cup Of Coffee? (It’s Fewer Than You Think) – Health Digest
Let’s take a look at a 3.5-ounce bag of Taza Perfectly Unrefined Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans made with 55% dark chocolate. In a 28-gram serving, which the company equates to approximately 36 beans, you’ll find 135 milligrams of caffeine (via Taza). This boils down to 3.75 milligrams of caffeine per bean. In an 8-ounce cup […]