Tryna start bringing lunch into the office instead of buying a sandwich every day and I figure I might as well try to make it vegan if I can

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  • AmericaDelendeEst [any]
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    2 years ago

    most legumes have lectins, which are proteins which can bind to carbohydrates and cause a lot of various issues if ingested. Kidney beans in particular have a shitload compared to lentils

    The FDA suggests that while legumes like kidney beans contain between 20,000 and 70,000 hau (hau being the unit of toxic measure), raw lentils have a far lower amount of lectin that is somewhere between 513 and 617 hau. source

    so kidney beans are soaked for a long period of time to cut down on the cooking time necessary to break all that down

    soy beans apparently have the same issue and also need to be soaked for like 8+ hours before being cooked