Nutrition Tier Lists: Beans
While come may see them as just calories in a can, beans are one of the most foundational foods on Earth, with some cultures having records of harvested them for the tens of thousands of years. Beans are a deceptively critical part of a balanced nutritious diet around the world and are finally getting their time in the spotlight. Time to rank them and find out which ones should be the base of your burrito bowls, and which ones really are just canned calories.
What I Would Change:
Yes, Lentils should have probably been on this list. While they are currently in my Seed Tier List, if they were on this list, I would have given them an A-Tier placement.
Also, Peas are in the Vegetable Tier List
All nutrient data is pulled from the USDA's National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.
Introducing: Beans - 0:00
Adzuki Beans - 2:57
Baked Beans - 3:44
Black Beans - 4:51
Black Eyed Peas - 5:48
Cannellini Beans - 6:30
Chickpeas - 7:21
Cranberry Beans - 8:10
Edamame - 8:44
Fava Beans - 10:32
Great Northern Beans - 11:45
Jelly Beans - 12:20
Kidney Beans - 12:58
Lima Beans - 13:41
Lupin Beans - 14:30
Mung Beans - 15:19
Navy Beans - 15:53
Pink Beans - 16:37
Pinto Beans - 17:12
Refried Beans - 17:43
Soybeans - 18:29
Conclusion - 20:21
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What? Jelly beans are not nutritious?
They have been shown to caues spikes in short term happiness. This information was not shared in the video.
Who could have guessed 🙄🤦♂️
Ha! If they're so bad for you why do ultramarathoners eat them on their multiple day races?
@@Shevock Exactly and if steroids are unhealthy why are they used after surgery smh
@@averagegenius7212 So if 2 aspirin are good, 20 are better?
I believe you may have forgotten to mention that jellybeans have the lowest amount of tannins and oxalates requiring no soaking, as well as being very high in serotonin enhancing chemicals.
😂😂
And they pair well with milksteak
Should come in deep chocolate covered varieties, 💯% improved.
@@heidimisfeldt5685 you're right - they could've mentioned how those would have nutritional value!!
⛪️PREACH😂
I caught myself cheering for a specific bean being placed higher on the tier list. Go Pinto Beans! GO!
They are the ultimate bean to me! Good refried, good as a bean dip, good in any bean dish but baked beans. Those need navy pea beans!
its so funny but i catch my self aswell in every of talons videos to cheer for my favorite foods to be high on the list xD
I was glad for Garbanzos!
I was glad for kidney beans!
As a Costa Rican, me toooo
These videos rock, especially as a vegan, it's great to know the EXACT reasons some of my staples are actually good for me. you're changing and saving lives.
Do you see lupini as a solid soy substitute, or unlikely to be adopted?
@@coopergates9680I for one see lupins as a solid edamame replacement at least, pickled lupins are an S tier bar snack
@@coopergates9680I’m a vegan and this is the first time Ive heard of lupini beans but i will definitely be trying them now
@@diablo55 Have you found an optimal way to acquire them? There are exotic nutritious nuts but they're scarce and pricey so I still have cashews, almonds, walnuts, and hazelnuts
I am vegan and so glad my much loved black bean ranked high. 😊
PLEASE do a oil and cooking fat tier list!
Top tier: Cold Pressed EV Olive Oil Butter, Ghee, Tallow Mid tier: Avocado Oil, Coconut Oil, Shit tier: every fucking sneed oil
@@Srry4RollingRocking Move the butter down, you could do without the milk and the other additives. Ghee is just butter but actually good. Overall an accurate list. Also, cooking cold pressed olive oil defeats the purpose of it being cold pressed. Don’t cook with it, top your food with it afterwards.
@@Srry4RollingRocking Exolympic athlete Dr.Baldie approves of this tier list
@@Icenflamesrush olive oil has mono unsstured fats which dont oxidize, its good to cook.
@@Srry4RollingRocking canola oil should be in the good tier too, it’s high in monounsaturated fats and low in saturated fats. It’s also flavour neutral and has a good smoke point for high heat cooking
I used to eat jelly beans everyday until i saw this video! I never knew I had better options till today! Truly life changing thank you for making me aware!
Lmao love your dry humor, you are a true comedian!
Stunning and brave.
40th president Ronald Reagan loved his jelly beans. Sadly ended up suffering from dementia.
@@Gary65437 Sadly Biden has Dementia while in office . FJB.
@@rainerrain9689 You're probably right. He can't remember putting those top secret documents in his garage.
As a vegan in a country with a lot of bean dishes, I was really rooting and cheering for some beans to go high on the list. Fortunately, my favorites are all in the 2 highest ranks (except for Black Eyed Peas, that I love but are B tier). Great video!
11:40 what a killer reference to The Silence of the Lambs. I was thinking about it during the whole Fava Beans explanation and you delivered right at the end!
I was like: "Liver? why? and chian.. oooh... yes." I am bit slow to react, but I got there.
@@SeNayfulton Well done, Clarice
@@tadeovalverdemolina9719 lol
@@tadeovalverdemolina9719 Did you know Clarice and Hannibal actually end up together ? Ridley Scott destroyed the novel with his idiotic ending.
@@imoldgreggboosh3467 Really??? I only watched The Silence of the Lambs. What a silly ending.
I like the inclusion of jelly beans. Should've done coffee beans too!
Vanilla beans, cacao beans...
@@BenjaminGessel Mr. Bean..
Ultra S Tier
Oh yes! Coffee beans and black beans my two favourites. I suspect I might have been South American in a past life! 😆
@@lyndonlives638 South Americans know how to make a good breakfast!
You are literally the most useful content creator I have ever come across. Your fruits and vegetable tier lists made me get into the habbit of cooking and eating a lot healthier because I saw food that you ranked to be extremely healthy and realized that I actually really enjoy eating a lot of them. And your other video on how to fix bad posture from sitting a lot has also given me instant results. It was like KZhead sent you to fix some of the shortcomings that could be easily improved in my life. Keep up the good work!
real
kinda takes away from it when you realize he isnt qualified/smart enough to be giving nutrition advice.
@@hames100 First of all I think he is just stating facts so it doesn't matter how qualified he is. And secondly even if it would matter he still motivated me to improve my life so nothing changes.
Same for me one of the most usefull Very well documented ( I didnt verified any of these infos tho )
This is 10x as useful as my health class in highschool lol- I legit would have remembered all of this way easier than anything we learned in that class xD
Authentic baked beans, which use black strap molasses, are among the best things I've ever tasted. I cooked them once from scratch using great northerns. It took six hours to cook them at low temperature but so worth it. I think I'll do that again soon.
Soak them over night next time, its part or my bedtime routine these days. Healthier and takes about 45 mins to cook once they’ve been soaked.
@@beermilkshake Oh I soak all my beans. But an authentic baked bean recipe is low temp for a long time. Best flavor in the world.
@@esotericsolitaire interesting, haven’t heard of that. Sounds like an American thing :-)
@@beermilkshake yes! I just googled too: "Are baked beans Native American? Baked Bean Nation The Narragansett, Penobscot and Iroquois Native Americans were the first to indulge in iconic baked beans. Their original creation involved soaking navy beans and cooking them low and slow overnight in a grounded clay pot lined with stones." Apparently, Henry Heinz popularized the dish and made it a mainstream food item. But canned baked beans taste nothing like Colonial ones.
@@esotericsolitaire Cool 👌🏻 Well baked beans in a can are very international (created in the US as you pointed out), but this slow cooking method you mentioned is new to me 👍🏻
These videos are incredibly interesting. Through this you can also see how and why different cultures have specific health issues/benefits due to their diet. You truly are what you eat.
Seeds would make a great list. Sunflower seeds were commonly snacked when I was a kid. I've always leaned more towards pumpkin seeds myself
I ❤ sunflowers seeds but they have glyphosate contamination.
Yeah, man - Back in the 1980s, whenever my dad was sitting on our living room couch watching tv, he _ALWAYS_ was eating still shelled sunflower seeds! Totally addicted haha. Idk why that went out of fashion.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 oh it didn’t trust me 😂 at least not in Germany. A lot of us migrants eat it and some Germans have caught on.
actually gotten to the point in my training where I need to treat my nutrition seriously so you starting this series at the same time is a blessing thank you
Same here, this channel is a godsend Cymru am byth!
Cymru W
It’s a night and day difference whenever you start taking nutrition a little more serious.
That’s when the magic happens. I think training and eating right is enjoyable and I look forward to it
That “point” was reached the moment you were conceived. The worst mistake is following along with the crowd think and ignoring nutrition “UNTIL” a health crisis appears or you set a new appearance goal.
I’m a fan of pretty much every type of bean in the top three tiers, and I found your video to be very interesting and informative. Thanks!
Lupini! Thanks for your tier lists. I appreciate them.
*slowly puts down bag of jelly beans*
hahaha
You mean they are not real beans?
You should do the best rice/pasta/quinoa/ and so on. Lentils as well!
Eagerly await your next tier list, thank you! These lists helped me a lot to improve my diet.
I feel this should’ve just gone to being a full legume list and included lentils too.
Don't worry. I've got a plan there
@@Talon_Fitness chad response
@@Talon_Fitness I was wondering why lentils were not on this list. Looking forward to your video about legumes.
Same! Cant wait for peas and lentils
@@stavrosctz9539 me too. Love peas and lentils.
You even took the time to write their names in the conclusion portion. First time I interact almost directly with a content creator and the person takes my suggestion seriously, thank you very much, sir! :'D
Watching your channel grow is so awesome
I love the sense of humor and education. Great work!
Loved how you included the name of each bean under the picture. Super helpful. Would be awesome if you could make that adjustment in your prior videos.
Good idea! At least we can have hope of him doing this moving forward. And perhaps he should release a chart of each of the final videos with the food images + name labels.
thank god you included lupini in your list, i've been eating them forever (my family's italian) and it felt like nobody else even knew they existed. i was so curious about how they would compare to other beans and this really instills confidence in the thoroughness of your research. thanks again for another useful video!
I didn't know they existed and I've been eating beans for over 20 years now! Definitely gonna look for them.
@@dtnuh they're fantastic, but don't forget to peel them after you cook them! some people don't like the bitter skin
not sure where to get them
@@emilily6513 gonna be honest, me neither. they just kinda appear in nonna's cantina in glass jars reused from other produce. i should ask her where she gets them
@@stllr_ report back; I'm curious.
I am hooked on these videos. Such valuable content! I love the tiering method and the geekiness of all the details. I have been drinking more tea lately and am curious if different types of tea have any nutritional benefits. Also, curious about the whole spice and herb thing, the craze over turmeric.
thanks for your vids! always wanted to research this for myself, and you've done the work i never did! thank you!!
I'm so glad refried beans and jelly beans made it on here, that's what I really needed to know
Jack! Come back! Come, back Jack! Jack....Jack....*sobs as Jack sinks into the abyss* Do you remember that scene, skip5? We should talk about it, I have some ideas for you.
No lentils or peas/snap beans? Come on! A few more exotic suggestions: pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), stink beans (Parkia speciosa), string beans (the really long ones from Southeast Asia), technically peanuts are beans too
Lentils would make those beans look toxic in comparison...
He lists the most common items
All of these videos are super valuable. Keep them up!
Thank you for making videos like this. Great information.
This channel is so perfect. Never quit making videos, please!
Nice! 😎 I use your lists mostly to figure out what types of foods I don’t eat very often, or maybe not at all, and the higher they are in the list the more excited I get to eat more of them
I was JUST about to say after watching the last few videos on fruit , veg nuts and meat that the missing keys would be beans/legumes and maybe chocolates haha. And here you delivered already. Appreciate these videos entirely.
Oh, sorry for double commenting but coffee varieties also I think would be very cool! Looking forward to this series in general.
Thanks for putting this together.
Thank you so so much for this series! You have probably already planned but but I'd love an episode for grains (rice, oats, bulgur wheat, etc) and pasta
Some interesting ideas you could do: dairy product tier list, cooking oil/fat tier list, grain tier list (rice, different wheats, etc., maybe include flour-based products?), beverage tier list (milk, thea, water, different additives for beverages, etc.), etc. I'm essentially using your list to make my own short-list for potential meal preps, so i'd be interested in seeing any and all of those haha.
Dairy is unhealthy. The growth hormones in milk are not meant for pur species. And why support animal cruelty???
well dairy product tier is an easy one: ranking from bad to worse to worst … do your research, there is nothing good about dairy products. hint: when you do lookup some studies, make sure to exclude studies funded by the dairy industry
@@djamilawilschke7259 True. And even if diary products were healthy, everyone should honestly think about whether he/she really wants to Support the milk industry :/ There is so much animal suffering in this industry.
A grain list would be great, thank you for your videos, very helpful
Thank you for such excellent summary
These are some of the best nutrition videos because its, pun intended, easy to digest this information in tier list format.
too bas you cannot digest food in the list
There are so many beans I never heard of before in this list, it's amazing. And there's still more beans out there than are in this list. One bean that's missing is the (scarlet) runner bean/multiflora bean (sometimes also called butter bean, but that might also refer to the lima bean). It's used commonly here in Austria and I was surprised that it's quite niche everywhere else and therefore probably didn't make it into the video. Great stuff, love all these rankings and deep dives, keep it up!
They are popular here with gardeners, And they are gorgeous on a plate, I hope they become more popular :)
What we in America call butter beans are just Lima beans, exact same thing however runner/multiflora beans are very different. This causes some crazy arguments here in the states about whether Limas and butter beans are the same or not.
I Love Runner Beans, they are delicious, & Bees/Butterflies love them!
I am so glad I watched this video. I'm a vegetarian and this opened by eyes to some beans I'd never heard of, as well as a more clear understanding of how I can get more of the nutrients that are harder to come by in plants (Not just protein. I promise I get enough protein). Also, I appreciate the Lector reference and other jokes:)
Great overview of bean nutrition. Thanks.
Watched a few of your videos. Adding names under pictures of goods is a great improvement, as especially with beans it would be hard to recognise all of them. Well done!
Fantastic video! The jellybean bit was amazing. I'd love to see a zero/low calorie sweetener tier list if you're taking suggestions.
All zero/low calorie sweeteners are F tier. You're welcome.
@@imjonkatzyou’re literally wrong
@@imjonkatzHe's welcome, and you're wrong. Funny how that works!
This was so incredibly helpful! Thank you!!!
this man is gonna make my diet perfect not just mine but many people for the next couple of decades, maybe even more
he's good at disinforming people by not providing information on bioavailability, conversion rate and toxins.
Sounds like psychopathic "gettem drunk" cuddling. Over the top compliments are creepy.
Can we get a tier list of spices/seasonings/herbs? Like health benefits of cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, garlic, etc.
they are all toxic. Now, you know evrything.
@@AnEnemyAnemone1 Science is easy, since of laundering money - not. You can do science yourself. Eat 1-3 tsp of some spicies and see how it goes.
@@jumper4ever937 what do you mean
@@joshwhite5730 that they are poisonous (kill cells, gut bacteria).
@jumper4ever937 How? Genuine question!
Beans are my favorite food. This was very informative and useful for me! Thank you
Awesome!! Thank you for all your hard work. 😊
Good video. Thank you a lot for keeping us informed!
Thank you for your effort! Appreciate it!
This content is so good. Thank you!
Love your videos. Super useful
I just searched this yesterday and here you are making a video bout it You deserve more subs
I was plucking fresh jelly bean off the plant I grew and eating them daily thinking it was healthy! Thanks for letting me know! Should never have trusted the guy who sold me the 3 beans in the market, I gave him my cow!!!
I was recommended this video by algorithm, and I am very happy to have watched it. There are a lot of people around me who think beans aren't that healthy. But I always tell them they just have no idea how to prepare them properly. Well-done video, much appreciated.
Great info!! Still smiling over the jelly beans! Thanks for an excellent video!
To keep the noise down increase your consumption gradually. Thanks for doing this - very useful!
and start with smaller beans
Do a tier list of seeds, i love your videos because you made me think that i can eat healthy without having to eat food that i dont like. God bless you.
I love these lists 😍
LOVE these lists!!! 😊
Please do grains, all grains, including ancient grains. And thanks so much for all this nutritional work you are doing, very much appreciated!
Wheat is as old in cultivation as quinoa. "Ancient grains" is silly marketing hype. I don't like marketing, as it is a business built largely around deception and often logical fallacies. Why not call these psuedograins (which are edible, starchy seeds from outside the grass and legume families, like buckwheat and quinoa) and "obscure grasses" (to cover spelt, teff, and maybe some not currently cultivated, like Indian ricegrass).
Finally! Beans Tier list!!
great Video, love these Tier ones.
I like this list a lot. Thank you for doing beans.
Loving the vids!! Can’t wait for one on grains and also the differences in soluble and insoluble fibre
Fantastic (all your tier lists) thank you! Will you do things like lentils - in grains I suppose?
Thank you for the educational information.
Very helpful information. Thank you!
Great video! I would really like these tier lists in the future: -seafood -carbs -cooking oils -beverages -dairy products
Just wanted to say thanks for the excellent video 👌
Excellent Thank You. I know all this but couldn't quite organize it the nutrition and anti nutritional differences when friends ask. Will share. Brilliant thank you. Merry Christmas .. Best to you in the New Year, Peace
Terrific info! You must be very Tenacious and love research. I would love it if these charts could be gotten as you show them, like the ring-binder references for Instant Pot, Air Fryers, etc. Wow that would be great. Thanks for all your work and sharing it.
Just as the material started to run together, he gets my attention with adding jelly beans. Love the sense of humor, and appreciate the thorough research. Thank you.
Thanks for your video, its very much appreciated. Add beans to any meal or on its own to keep you regular everyday. Blessings
Dude this channel is GOLD!!! Thanks sooo much for putting in the work and offering us this abundant information!
Black beans, chickpeas and kidney beans are the best :P Chickpeas for hummus and curry's, black and kidney beans for chili and Mexican style food like wraps and soups. Everyone should include at least couple simple delicious simple foods like hummus, chickpea curry, be it plain tomato curry or something more, and chili. Good thing about all of these is that you can cook big batch and keep it in fridge.
Cooking oils and grains would be great too. I'm addicted to these videos.
Thank you for the helpful video.
Excellent criteria. Seems like a variety of all, including black jelly beans, would result in very good health. Thanks for this!!
What about lentils?
Honestly surprised you didnt include lentils on this list, considering they are legumes and are often paired with rice, just like most other beans.
They're actually a pulse! not a bean
@@nomen_est_pluto All beans are legumes. Lentils are also legumes. They are also eaten in similar ways to each other, for similar reasons. Hence why i thought they should be included in the ""bean" category for his tierlist because they literally dont fit anywhere else.
Yeah, nutritional and how they are eaten and through Close relationship this would have Made Sense, Just Like vegetables fruit where included with vegetables, Not fruits!
12:20 caught me off guard 😂 great and informative upload 👍
Thanks for very informative video.
I’d love to see mushrooms, herbs, seafoods (perhaps break this down into fish/shellfish/etc), and starches like rice and grains as categories. There’s also so many fruits and vegetables missed. Let me know if you need more suggestions! I really enjoy the content you’ve created here. Thank you
I'd love to see something like this for the different types of lentils.
Didn’t include any lentils. Why?
Noticed the same, no lentils??? Pretty sure they must make the A or B list
Informative & humorous!
What great info, thanks 😊
Do cheeses next!! 👏👏 I love your videos!
It'd be cool if you did one on cheeses. People really love cheese and I'd like to keep good ingredients in mind when cooking for others
You know it’s good when the font gets small, nice videos dude
I was recently diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and my doctor told me to start adding beans to my diet so this list was really helpful
Great vid. It's a relief to know the antinutrients are negated when soaked and cooked. ***I'd like to see a nutritional ranking of cheeses. I was disappointed in that goat cheese I bought at the grocery store deli. It had very little nutrients on the package. Tasted good though.
The only issue with soaking beans is that some of the good nutritional content leeches out into the water too. So just keep it in mind, soaking may reduce some of the bad things but it will reduce some of the good things too.
Cheese and dairy products in general are not healthy.
@@scrungo7610Thanks, doctor.
It's worth mentioning that "cooking properly" means they have to be BOILED. Slow cookers that cook at lower temperatures are not good enough, and kidney beans 🫘 in particular can make you ill and put you in the ER if you slow cook them. Just use a regular pot or a pressure cooker.
Ideally you'd start with slow cooking (deactivates more of the antinutrients and difficult to digest sugars) and then switch it to high heat at the end to get a good texture bean with minimal antinutrients.
I appreciate the work you've done in making food tiers! How do you consider this quandary: How recently have the mineral amounts (or other nutrients) in foods been measured, knowing that plants only absorb what the depleted soils on various mega-farms have to offer.
Great information. I didn't know about lupin beans. Please consider doing a plant-based protein tier list. Thank you.
Please do oil / butter tier list! Need to know the best way to cook my foods
I'm in Australia and a looking at the information on a can of baked beans. The nutritional information bears NO similarity to the information in your video. eg. sugars 1.3/100g vs 7.8/100g, carbohydrates 9.6/100g vs 21/100g. It seems to me that not all baked beans are the same.
Unfortunately, EVERYWHERE seems to be healthier than here in the states. Funny enough the can of baked beans I saw in my store actually had more sugar than said here. Very nice observation
Also time for a grains/cereals list, but that one is tricky because refined grains are so different than their equivalent whole grain option.