[LisaS]

Beans are a wonderful food - but they don't fit in every phase of every meal plan. FYI - not everyone who choses to limit their carb consumption is "carb phobic". Given the choice between spending carbs on beans or on grains, I think beans are a better choice for me.

If you are following a plan where you are limiting carbs per meal to try and moderate your insulin response, your portion size of beans at that meal will be pretty small. And as always, there is a big difference between canned baked beans in a sugary sauce and tossing garbanzos on your salad or having refried pintos with your fajitas (sin tortilla por favor).