Vegetable
Green Beans
A tender, everyday pod vegetable that adds gentle fiber and steadies the appetite without weighing you down.
🌱 What it is
Green beans are slender, tender pods picked young from the bean plant and eaten whole, pod and all.
✨ How it may help
- may help support digestion with gentle, everyday fiber
- may help support a steady, satisfied appetite
- may help support bone health with vitamin K
- may help support healthy blood sugar as a low-calorie side
🥄 How to use it
Steam or sauté until just tender-crisp, season simply, and enjoy as a side or tossed into salads and stir-fries.
🥗 Nutrition
Per 1 cup cooked (125g) · about 44 calories
- Fiber 4g
- Vitamin C 12.1mg
- Vitamin K 20.1mcg
- Folate 42mcg
- Potassium 182mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
⚖️ Caution
Eat them cooked, not raw — raw or undercooked green beans contain lectins that can upset the stomach, so cook thoroughly until tender. Canned versions can be high in salt, so choose fresh or frozen, or rinse canned beans well.
🍃 A note from nature
Green beans climb steadily toward the sun on their vines, a quiet picture of reaching upward for what sustains us.