"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Ozgirl > wrote:
> : Yes they are but we are discussing whether the beans are a veggie or
> : not, nothing more or less.
>
> : "Colt T" > wrote in message
> : ...
> : > Red kidney beans and pinto beans are very high on the ORAC scale,
> : > higher
> : > than blueberries.
> : >
>
> They are clearly part of the vegetable kingdom, as opposed to the animal
> or mineral ones, but so are grains and pottoes, etc. They woul, to me be
> starchy vegetables like peas, potatoes, etc. They are also clearly
> vegetables rather than fruits, although they are the seeds of the plant,
> soand their pods are the fruits. How do you think we should be
> considering? They are clearly not leafy grreen vegetables, nor are they,
> sometimes sugary root vegetables. They are dicotyledenous, so clearly not
> a grass, like all the grains. Vegetarians eat them, als o vegans. In
> meals they would go on the starhc part of the plate, although they are a
> good source ofo vegetable protein too, like nut, also dicoteledenous
> seeds.
>
> I suggest we take a dart adn throw it up against my paragraph above adn
> take your choice. Because of their starch I don't include them much in my
> diet.
>
> Wendy-stuck in on a very rainy day

I eat beans on a regular basis. I'm going to eat some soon in the form of
hummus. These days they are my protein of choice but of course they count
as a starch too. I have to pay for Angela's increased meat and cheese
consumption for the next few weeks and I don't have any more corners to cut.

I do *not* count beans as the vegetable part of my plate.