Anyone who grew up in Nigeria must have heard at one point in their life that beans is not only very rich in protein, it can make them grow tall rapidly. For this reason, many people ate beans alot, even though they dislike it. It’s surprising however that some grown ups still hold on to this belief without having made an effort to find out how true it is. To clear every wrong notion about beans, INFORMATION NIGERIA has put together this piece about beans…
– Beans doesn’t make people tall: We have often heard parent instruct their kids to eat beans because it will make them grow. This is false because height is majorly a genetic factor. However nutrition and environment may contribute to the height of a child and both may prevent a child from reaching his or her genetic potential. Environmental factors such as nutrition, exercise, and any underlying health problems also play a great role.
– Salting beans: Anyone who grew up in Nigeria has probably heard that adding salt to beans at the beginning when cooking beans can make it tough. However, there are many opinions about when to add salt to a pot of simmering beans. Some experts say to wait until the beans soften otherwise the beans won’t cook through. Others advise adding the salt right at the beginning of the cooking in order to season the beans through and through. On this one we are divided.
– Beans are a good source of fibre, vitamin C, folate (one of the eight vitamins in the B group) which keeps your blood healthy and helps you grow. It’s especially important for mums to get enough folate at the beginning of a pregnancy to help prevent some birth defects in the baby.
– Most beans contain at least 20% protein and are high in carbohydrates which provides long-lasting energy.
– Some ancient cults who believed in reincarnation, most notably the monastic followers of Pythagoras thought human souls traveled through the stems of bean plants to Hades, where they were then transmogrified for their next lives; it was therefore a sin to eat beans or even walk among bean plants.
If you didn’t know… Now you do!!!
Lies,beans make you grow tall
John
You grossly contradicted yourself in this post. First, you said, “height is majorly a genetic factor” which means that no matter what they eat or drink, genetic factors have already programmed the height. Then you also went ahead to say “nutrition and environment may contribute to the height” in other words, what a person eats or drinks may contribute to a person’s growth. This is a contradictory statement. What you ended up saying is that, if beans have such nutrients that can make one grow faster, then, beans indeed can make one grow faster as the people claim.
If the height is genetically programmed then nothing nutrition can do to change it. For instance, if you are a white man/woman, nothing you will eat or drink will make you a black man/woman. This how genetic factors work, except the person is genetically modified.
Besides, your opinion is baseless. Research has shown that beans have such beneficial nutrients that can help speed up growth in children. Do a search on that.
@John you missed the part where it says “height is MAJORLY a genetic factor”. Keyword here is majorly, and major in this context means that while genetics has a major role in influencing the height of the fact, there is room for other environmental factors. I do not see any contradiction here. Also, you cannot state that “research has shown that beans have such beneficial nutrients that can speed up growth in children” without citing that research. You do a search on that and point us to it. Key word here is “speed up growth in children”. The criticism in your response is based solely on personal opinion and common misconception.