Fast-Cooking Dry Beans Provide More Protein, Iron Than 'Slower' Varieties
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 11:51
in Health & Medicine
Beans are a versatile, inexpensive staple that can boost essential nutrients in a diet, especially for people in low-resource areas where food options are limited. To get the most out of these legumes, new research suggests choosing fast-cooking dry beans could be the way to go. A study in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that fast-cooking beans retained more protein, iron and other minerals than "slower" dry beans.