Question
Elon Mangelson
I heard that beans are acidic and therefore we should not eat too many if we are worried about calcium absorption. what is your response to this?
Answer
You know the acid-base balance, you know that we often talk about in health and that we want to be more alkaline for health, you know, if we look at the comprehensive Acid versus alkaline load of a diet we can begin to see that it's a whole food plant-based diet is predominantly alkaline and even the small acid load because of the amino acids in in the beans and lentils is really going to contribute very little into the total acid load of your body. So You know eating a cup of beans or lentils every day will not shift you into a more acidic physiology what you're going to be stripping calcium out of your bones. The high acid really comes from, you know, oils saturated fats and the and a heavy meat based diet. So beans and lentils, even though they're mildly acidic are not going to change your system and and strip calcium out of your your bones or you or cause mineral loss. In fact beans have a wonderful or a wonderful resource minerals and calcium and so You're actually gaining some calcium when you're eating beans and lentils every day.
