How healthy are canned beans/ lentils?

[Sugarcoat]

On 2026-01-11 at 11:48 AM, Jannes said:

Had this super clean phase though and it wasnt good for me. 

Why ?

[Sugarcoat]

On 2026-01-11 at 4:24 PM, PsychedelicEagle said:

I have been SOS-free (with the exception of olive oil) for the last 2y.

Sugar I get from whole fruits; never missed any industrialized or more artificial type of dessert.

As for salt, my palate adjusted over the course of a month, but of course adding salt (in the rare occasions when I still have it) makes it more tasty. But I love what I eat on a regular basis, so generally quite adapted. The major benefit besides lower sodium intake is you are better able to control how much you eat. 

Thats cool. I wanna experiment with food soon and ill see if I try something along those lines.

[Jannes]

1 minute ago, Sugarcoat said:

Why ?

I sorta stagnated at this stage of development. I knew that eating healthy was a good thing and I felt great about archieving that. But I had a long way to go, I had tons of social, career and spiritual problems I was afraid of. Because they overwhelmed me so much I rather stuck to what I had success with before and chased the last 10% of health. 

[Sugarcoat]

52 minutes ago, Jannes said:

I sorta stagnated at this stage of development. I knew that eating healthy was a good thing and I felt great about archieving that. But I had a long way to go, I had tons of social, career and spiritual problems I was afraid of. Because they overwhelmed me so much I rather stuck to what I had success with before and chased the last 10% of health. 

I can relate to that. It’s a trap. What I find is tho that the mind is very good at telling you what’s wrong. And the more it’s purified the better it will become. It can be something like, you’re at home about to go to bed early because it’s healthy, but you feel somehow bad about not taking th opportunity to go out and socialize. Just an example, could be many other ways

And what’s cool is that improving other parts of your life will actually improve your health! (Not 100% of the time, for example if you overwork yourself to improve finances), but more in the long term. 
Because they’ll improve your mental health (if the goal you’re aiming at feels aligned with higher self).

[Jannes]

1 hour ago, Sugarcoat said:

I can relate to that. It’s a trap. What I find is tho that the mind is very good at telling you what’s wrong. And the more it’s purified the better it will become. It can be something like, you’re at home about to go to bed early because it’s healthy, but you feel somehow bad about not taking th opportunity to go out and socialize. Just an example, could be many other ways

Yeah .. it takes a lot of consciousness though to face the suffering head on and look for its cause. The cause is oftentimes deeply burried. Very easy to numb yourself beforehand. 

1 hour ago, Sugarcoat said:

And what’s cool is that improving other parts of your life will actually improve your health! (Not 100% of the time, for example if you overwork yourself to improve finances), but more in the long term. 
Because they’ll improve your mental health (if the goal you’re aiming at feels aligned with higher self).

Oh yeah thats true. I think the number one predictor of longevity is actually having a good social life. 

[PsychedelicEagle]

4 hours ago, Sugarcoat said:

Thats cool. I wanna experiment with food soon and ill see if I try something along those lines.

Nice, let me know if you have any questions.

[Sugarcoat]

2 hours ago, Jannes said:

Yeah .. it takes a lot of consciousness though to face the suffering head on and look for its cause. The cause is oftentimes deeply burried. Very easy to numb yourself beforehand. 

 

Yes

2 hours ago, Jannes said:

Oh yeah thats true. I think the number one predictor of longevity is actually having a good social life. 

Whatever reduces stress yea I think. I have wondered tho how important joy is for longevity, in case someone is quite apathetic to a lot of things but still has low stress, and thus chooses to isolate but not out of fear but rather a lack of deriving much joy from it. Do they live shorter  Hmm

Edited 2 hours ago by Sugarcoat

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@Ramasta9 I still do not see what is so bad about adding small amounts of salt to foods. Unless I misunderstand you.

What is wrong with enhancing the flavour of food, so long as it remains a healthy source of nutrients to maintain body homeostasis?

I am not a huge foodie, but I take great pleasure in a lovely meal.

Salt is the only thing I ever add. I find it much more satiating than anything else like sugar etc

I can still taste the salt in natural foods, no problem. In fact, I think the recommended amounts of salt are a little low for healthy people according to guidelines. Especially those who regularly exercise.

 

[Jannes]

2 hours ago, Sugarcoat said:

Whatever reduces stress yea I think. I have wondered tho how important joy is for longevity, in case someone is quite apathetic to a lot of things but still has low stress, and thus chooses to isolate but not out of fear but rather a lack of deriving much joy from it. Do they live shorter  Hmm

I think thats hard to answer scientifically because the "pure introverts" will only be a small part of that group. Isolated or empathetic people will strongy correlate with many other unhealthy traits. Friends help immensely with material survival which is important to keep in mind as well. 

I think even if you are a strong introvert you need some kind of human connection, maybe less but still some of it.