Sprouting Black Beans

[PaulineLarson]

Has anyone sprouted black beans? I notice that they aren't listed in Alissa's book. However, I figured that someone had tried it.

Thanks for the help,
PaulineLarson:D

[raweater]

Beans, lentils, and those sort of things are supposedly unhealthy due to natural poisons they contain (remember, it's not because something is natural, organic and raw that it's healthy, grains are a great example of this). They are apparently worst raw since the particular poison is destroyed by cooking.

[juliebove]

Lentils are fine to sprout. I don't think black beans are. I believe they need to be cooked to get the poisons out.

[veganman]

I strongly recommend to NOT eat sprouted black beans. I tried them my first week raw (about 2 years ago) and ended up praying to the porcelain god four hours later and every 20 minutes after that for the rest of the night.

I don't currently eat any sprouted beans or grains, but had no problems like above with lentils, garbanzos, mungs, peas, or aduki beans.