Eating Beans Can Benefit Vascular and Gut Health

These cheap, nutritious seeds add satisfying fiber, flavor, vitamins, protein, and amino acids to your diet

Legumes, lentils, chickpea and beans assortment in different bowls on a stone table. Shutterstock

Beans, belonging to the legume family, are tasty, easy to prepare, nutritious, and a satisfying (though incomplete) substitute for meat.

Beans have many health benefits for the human body. Chen Tsung Yu, a Taiwanese nutritionist, offers his excellent knowledge of beans.