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Diet, lifestyle changes and medications for osteoporosis treatment
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Hi Suehall. I have read that if using canned beans; drain and rinse. For dried beans; rinse first, soak, drain and rinse again before cooking. I have been following information from Food Revolution Network which supports plant based nutrition. They have a lot of research based information about beans, phytates, oxalates, lectins, etc. and how to get the most nutrients from plant foods. They use canned and dried beans in their discussions. Just sharing what has been working for me, not trying to promote one food choice over another. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis 28 years ago when I was 50.
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@dziggy Hi Dziggy. Thanks for the Food Revolution Network--super sensible info there!
I've been hopeful that rinsing canned beans does the trick but I think it's more complicated than that, because of the processing.
From what I've read, canned beans are blanched only briefly and put into cans, then cooked in the cans. This probably means the anti-nutrients are still in there.
Unclear whether further soaking, boiling, and draining does the trick of removing anti-nutrients (and that's a lot of work for canned beans).
I cannot find a reputable source that's focused on calcium absorption that can answer this exact question--how much does the canning process of beans reduce the anti-nutrients?