Are Baked Beans good for you

My friends often ask me the question "are baked beans good for you". In this article I'm going to try to answer this question.

Baked beans are a convenient food source for beans, you just have to heat them and then they're ready! For dry beans you have to soak them for 24 hours to get the toxins out and then you've to cook them for  and then cook them for 45 minutes.

Baked Beans Nutrition Facts

One serving size (1/2 cup) of Baked Beans:

• Calories 100
• Total Fat 0.5g
  • Saturated Fat 0.2g
• Sodium 390 mg
• Carbohydrate 28g
  • Fiber 5g
  • Sugars 7g
• Protein 7g
  

The main ingredient in Baked beans are haricot beans. They're rich in protein, B vitamins, iron, folic acid, calcium and magnesium.

Are Baked Beans good for you?

For a healthy non-diabetic person which watches out for their sodium intake I would say that eating baked beans are good for you. That being said I think It's not good to eat more than one serving per day as there's 390mg of sodium in baked beans and the upper limits of daily sodium intake is 2400mg. People who're sensitive to sodium uptakes are recommended to find baked beans with lesser amount of sodium.

Conclusion

For people that don't have time to cook beans, baked beans are a great alternative. They're relatively healthy and cheap. They don't have a lot of added sugars in them and they're a great source of protein, vitamins and minerals. They're virtually fat free and research have shown that they lower total cholesterol levels and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The only negative thing about baked beans is that they can have moderate amount of sodium, but some manufactures are producing baked beans with low levels of sodium.