Beans

Pixie8504
Pixie8504 Posts: 174 Member
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Do beans ( black beans, kidney beans, etc...) count as a vegetable or meat because of the protein?
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  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    Do beans ( black beans, kidney beans, etc...) count as a vegetable or meat because of the protein?
    Heh...they are legumes. They're plants, so, vegetables.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    If it doesn't have a mother (or a face) it isn't meat.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    If it doesn't have a mother (or a face) it isn't meat.

    This .... is just too beautiful. I can't believe I never thought of that before myself
  • anifani4
    anifani4 Posts: 457 Member
    Short answer: Vegetable.
    Long answeer: Beans are a high fiber, high protein, vegetable. They have some good vitamins and minerals too. However you CAN sub them for meat like many vegan's do. they have a higher carb content than meat.

    http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2324/2
  • mjrkearney
    mjrkearney Posts: 408 Member
    If you're a biologist, beans are vegetables. If you're eating them, they're a meat substitute. This is if you're asking about things like black beans and pinto beans and the other non-green beans that have a higher source of protein. They still have plenty of vitamins and minerals and such but not the same ones as, say, soy beans or broccoli.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Do beans ( black beans, kidney beans, etc...) count as a vegetable or meat because of the protein?

    They are the musical fruit.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Are beans meat? Really?



    Wow.
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
    they provide the protein that meat can as a subsitute for vegetarians/vegans. they are legumes. they do not making moo sounds, or cluck, or bleed (as far as we know of).
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
    Are beans meat? Really?



    Wow.

    yeah i thought that too, didn't want to be rude though lol
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    Beans are meat. Legume is a dark meat, just like a chicken leg. Beanbreast is the light meat.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Beans are meat. Legume is a dark meat, just like a chicken leg. Beanbreast is the light meat.

    I like the beanbreast, myself. Nothing like a sliced beanbreast sandwich.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    With questions like this...I'd say an internet search is your best friend...just saying.....
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    They're good for the heart.
    The more you eat, the more you...........
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Beans are mostly starches, with some protein.

    You might want to get rid of the whole food pyramid/classification BS entirely. The whole idea is to establish a system to help you get proper macro and micronutrients in your diet. If you use MFP to track your foods and macros and micros, you don't need another helper system. Just track here and try to meet your goals.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    I'm a human bean, we are all human beans....
  • BigDnSW
    BigDnSW Posts: 641 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    I like to flick them.

    OP: beans are not meat.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    Beans are meat. Legume is a dark meat, just like a chicken leg. Beanbreast is the light meat.

    This is the correct answer

    Also here cause this thread is going places
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I like to flick them

    I so misread that at first!
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    I'm a human bean, we are all human beans....

    This made me laugh
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Why do you want to know? As MoreBean says (and she knows her beans) if you are tracking in MFP you just need to be aware of the macro and micros, not the classification of them. But they are a legume.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I like to flick them

    I so misread that at first!

    Indeed. Had he used all caps, it would have been even more likely to be misread.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    It's just so cornfusing cuz beans has pulses!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    It's just so cornfusing cuz beans has pulses!


    I seriously don't see what you did there.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    It's just so cornfusing cuz beans has pulses!


    I seriously don't see what you did there.

    It was forced and pretty awful.
  • gem6885
    gem6885 Posts: 15
    Well there are jumping beans...sort of alive, no? :laugh:
  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    It's just so cornfusing cuz beans has pulses!


    I seriously don't see what you did there.

    It was forced and pretty awful.

    Made me LOL, thanks bean :laugh: .

    ... now I'm off to try and work out the difference between chicken and tuna! Where's Jessica Simpson when you need her??
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    If it doesn't have a mother (or a face) it isn't meat.
    Some plants have mothers...why just the other day I was at a friend's place and he was talking about his mother plant...
    Some plants are dioecious:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioecy
  • Topher1978
    Topher1978 Posts: 975 Member
    they provide the protein that meat can as a subsitute for vegetarians/vegans. they are legumes. they do not making moo sounds, or cluck, or bleed (as far as we know of).
    But some of them jump! ;-)
  • Zylahe
    Zylahe Posts: 772 Member
    If it doesn't have a mother (or a face) it isn't meat.

    So if a potato has eyes, does that make it meat?

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