How healthy are canned beans/ lentils?

[Jannes]

I "let myself go" a little bit and regularely buy brown lentil soup and baked beans. The ingredients list is minimal. The flavour and convenience is so much better though. Put half the lentil Soup in a glass bowl, smash an egg in it, microwave for 5 minutes and you have a solid meal. Ofc cooking it fresh would be better but I know I wouldnt do it as often then.  Is it a big deal? How well regulated are cans nowadays?

[UnbornTao]

I hope they are as healthy as the fresh varieties. I like to buy plain cooked legumes, except maybe lentils, which I get fresh, and then add a couple of stir-fried vegetables, like onion and red bell pepper, along with sauces, water, spices, salt, and some tomato soup to make a hearty meal in about 10 minutes.

So yeah, I don't know

[Sugarcoat]

In the context of other healthy habits and I don’t think it’s big deal if you feel good physically. But it also depends on your standards, even if you don’t personally notice effect from certain additives, there can still be some effect that’s not optimal , so if you’re reallyyyy into the pursuit of optimal health then it could be better to switch depending on the rest of the ingredients (beans and lentils are good tho) 

But if you’re asking this question then I guess you’re not in the Bryan Johnson crowd 🤣

[integral]

If you can perfectly digest lentils, then it should be the core of your diet

Follow Brian Johnson's recipe

I wish I could eat lentils. Life would be so easy.

Edited 6 hours ago by integral