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by nivertech 1404 days ago
It's probably best to avoid all beans altogether.

The only exceptions are: coffee beans for espresso and cocoa beans for dark chocolate ;)

2 comments

Beans and legumes are some of the healthiest foods you can eat, being high in both fiber and a range of beneficial phytonutrients. There is no high-quality evidence that lectins in properly prepared beans cause any health problems.
Could you expand on that?
The sources you provide say that a) cooking inactivates the lectins, b) there is no strong evidence of long term adverse effects in humans.
Hard to trust google on such a query.