1 can of black beans has 40 grams of carbs in it.... It sounds wonderful though. maybe if you timmed it preworkout and got the most from those 40 grams.
I know Dr Lowery wrote about that...I'll find it..............................
Beans are so low when it comes to glycemic index that Dr. Lowery suggests that people eat them even when on low-carb diets. In fact, it may be time that we just come out and say it: Beans are like green vegetables: eat pretty much all you want... keeping gas issues in mind, please!
"If the glycemic index is at roughly 100 scale, then things in their teens and twenties enter your bloodstream so slowly that your glucose rises very gradually — so slowly that they're almost a non-issue," says Lowery. Indeed, the officially accepted definition of "low GI" is a GI range of 55 or less.
Dr. Lowery noted that when he competed in bodybuilding and was "jonesing for carbs," that beans became his out: a food he could get full on without wrecking his strict contest prep.
Now, you do have to be careful with beans' associated fart-producing effects, plus they're so high in fiber that you may want to "ease into" eating lots of beans. Still, there's simply no reason to fear beans, even if you're a low-carber.
By the way, Dr. Lowery also uses white bean flour in recipes to crank up the fiber and crank down the GI. You can replace around 25% of the regular flour called for in most recipes with bean flour without it tasting too "beany."
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