Healthy Families Eat Beans

By: Jodie Shield | 1 Comment | Updated: April 23, 2012 | Category: Adults, Apps & Websites | Tags : beans, benefits of family meals, black beans, BMI, calories, child health, children, cooking with kids, dried beans, fairy tales, family meals, healthy dinner, healthy recipe, Jack in the beanstalk, kids, kids weight, legumes, lentils, lima beans, overweight, pinto beans

By: Jodie Shield, RD While beans may not be magical enough to grow a fairy-tale beanstalk, they do work their own kind of magic on our health.  Several studies suggest that eating beans may prevent heart disease, reduce one’s risk of developing colon cancer, and help to control diabetes.  Although ... more