Hi,
I'm a 20-year old male, and I turned vegan 2 weeks ago.
For those past 2 weeks, I've been eating a bowl of beans every day: kidney beans, navy beans, chickpeas, lentils, and peas.
My approach has been to let them boil for at least 10 minutes. I notice that the water turns dark brown during this time. (Is this a sign the toxins are being removed?)
Even after cooking the kidney beans, I don't find them soft at all. (Is this a sign they haven't been cooked enough?)
I'm concerned about the poison in the beans, because, this morning, I experienced terrible cramps in my abdominal section. I was very stiff in walking around.
(This next bit is kind of embarrassing -- my apologies if this is inapproprite.)
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I've also noticed that my stools have turned dark black. (Before I turned vegan, they were brown.) I also have residual gas problems from the beans I ate last night. Is this is a sign that I've been poisoned?
This next part is even more embarrasing (my apologies if it's inappropriate)
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At the same time I developed these abdominal cramps, my testicles began to ache severely. Is there something in beans that could have damaged my testicles/reproductive system?
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(end of embarrassing/inappropriate material)
One thing to note is that I had to do some bloodwork this morning -- so I fasted from 8:00 the night before. And the pains started early the next morning.
The thing is, I fasted the *exact same way* some days earlier, and I didn't have any pains. What could have been different today?
The only other thing I've done differently the past two weeks is using baking soda instead of fluoride toothpaste (fluoride is very bad). The baking soda is extremely salty -- could this extra salt be affecting me in some way?
Thanks so much for any advice you can give me -- I'm very concerned that I've done some terrible damage to my body in undercooking these beans.
I'm a 20-year old male, and I turned vegan 2 weeks ago.
For those past 2 weeks, I've been eating a bowl of beans every day: kidney beans, navy beans, chickpeas, lentils, and peas.
My approach has been to let them boil for at least 10 minutes. I notice that the water turns dark brown during this time. (Is this a sign the toxins are being removed?)
Even after cooking the kidney beans, I don't find them soft at all. (Is this a sign they haven't been cooked enough?)
I'm concerned about the poison in the beans, because, this morning, I experienced terrible cramps in my abdominal section. I was very stiff in walking around.
(This next bit is kind of embarrassing -- my apologies if this is inapproprite.)
.
.
.
.
.
.
I've also noticed that my stools have turned dark black. (Before I turned vegan, they were brown.) I also have residual gas problems from the beans I ate last night. Is this is a sign that I've been poisoned?
This next part is even more embarrasing (my apologies if it's inappropriate)
.
.
.
.
.
At the same time I developed these abdominal cramps, my testicles began to ache severely. Is there something in beans that could have damaged my testicles/reproductive system?
.
.
.
.
.
(end of embarrassing/inappropriate material)
One thing to note is that I had to do some bloodwork this morning -- so I fasted from 8:00 the night before. And the pains started early the next morning.
The thing is, I fasted the *exact same way* some days earlier, and I didn't have any pains. What could have been different today?
The only other thing I've done differently the past two weeks is using baking soda instead of fluoride toothpaste (fluoride is very bad). The baking soda is extremely salty -- could this extra salt be affecting me in some way?
Thanks so much for any advice you can give me -- I'm very concerned that I've done some terrible damage to my body in undercooking these beans.
