07.28.2008 2:07 pm
Weight loss is hard on bones, but beans are good for weight loss
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A recent study at the University of Missouri has found that the potentially harmful effects of weight loss on bone persist during weight maintenance. They recommend that “people planning on losing significant amounts of weight incorporate high-impact weight-bearing physical activity into their exercise routine.”
There’s one problem with that. Overweight people run a higher risk of injuring themselves when doing weight-bearing exercise. Hmmm. It’s a conundrum for sure.
Meanwhile, Real Age experts have found that bean-eaters weigh, on average, 6.6 pounds less than those who don’t eat beans regularly. Beans, they note, are full of fiber and protein but low in fat. In other words, they fill you up but are low in calories.
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Cindy Billhartz Gregorian is a features reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has reported for the Healthy & Fit section since its first issue. She's a distance runner with seven marathons under her belt. 
Beans beans the musical fruit, the more you eat the more you….well we all know the song…looks like there is some truth to that