Kidney Beans Upset Stomach. Kidney beans contain a natural toxin called lectin. The toxin is destroyed by proper cooking.
The findings appear in. Beans also contain phytic acid which can strip your body of minerals. The food and drug administration part of the us government recommends boiling the beans at 212 f 100 c for thirty minutes.
If they were dried and prepared without presoaking they can really upset your stomach.
Kidney beans contain relatively high levels of a toxin called phytohaemagglutinin. Kidney beans contain a natural toxin called lectin. Beans also contain phytic acid which can strip your body of minerals. Not surprisingly though traditional cultures ate beans for thousands of years and used slow food type methods for making them more digestible.