Are green beans PALEO?

Green beans actually only contain trace amounts of phytic acid. And the lectins and the phytic acid are mostly found in the seed itself – not the pod. So eat your green beans, snow peas, and even your green peas on occasion. read more

Green Beans are 100% Paleo. You might have read our article on Why Legumes Are NOT Paleo and thought that green beans also aren’t Paleo, but as I’ll explain in more detail below, green beans (unlike other legumes) have very few proteins that will harm your digestive tract, are lower in phytates so that nutrients are more available to your body, and are less likely to disrupt your gut bacteria. read more