06/19/2026
🎶Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more ya eat the more ya… 🤔
Stope the madness!! Those t***s are an INDICATOR. While *some* gas may be sorta normal, it’s often a sign your body isn’t digesting things as well as it could be. Some genetics and some guts have a harder time with some foods than others do. Sometimes it’s that the gut needs healing. Sometimes it’s that the food isn’t being grown or prepared in ways that make them the most digestible and beneficial. Sometimes it both.
🌱PSA: Beans are seeds. And like all seeds, they were designed to survive until the conditions are right for new life to grow. To do that, they contain protective compounds that help keep them dormant and safeguard their nutrients. Traditionally, many cultures soaked, fermented, or sprouted beans before eating them. These simple preparation methods help signal to the seed that it’s time to grow, reducing some of its protective compounds and making its nutrients more available. That’s why I treat beans like the seeds they are. A little planning and preparation helps make them gentler on my body and allows me to get more of the nourishment they were designed to provide.
Making beans at home has been a very simple way we get the benefits of the nutrients from beans while being gentler on our guts, reducing the toxins like plastic/polymer lining getting into our food and bodies, and saving money!
I’m not advocating for fearing the can. We have some canned items on hand for times of need and also because they make great emergency food prep. I just didn’t know this info and once I realized, I made some simple and sustainable changes that have benefited us. I thought you may want to know this info too 🙏🏼
