Hi,<br><br><br><br>
I'm a 20-year old male, and I turned vegan 2 weeks ago.<br><br><br><br>
For those past 2 weeks, I've been eating a bowl of beans every day: kidney beans, navy beans, chickpeas, lentils, and peas.<br><br><br><br>
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?)<br><br><br><br>
Even after cooking the kidney beans, I don't find them soft at all. (Is this a sign they haven't been cooked enough?)<br><br><br><br>
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.<br><br><br><br>
(This next bit is kind of embarrassing -- my apologies if this is inapproprite.)<br><br><br><br>
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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?<br><br><br><br>
This next part is even more embarrasing (my apologies if it's inappropriate)<br><br><br><br>
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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?<br><br>
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(end of embarrassing/inappropriate material)<br><br><br><br>
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.<br><br><br><br>
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?<br><br><br><br>
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?<br><br><br><br>
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.<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="
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I'm a 20-year old male, and I turned vegan 2 weeks ago.<br><br><br><br>
For those past 2 weeks, I've been eating a bowl of beans every day: kidney beans, navy beans, chickpeas, lentils, and peas.<br><br><br><br>
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?)<br><br><br><br>
Even after cooking the kidney beans, I don't find them soft at all. (Is this a sign they haven't been cooked enough?)<br><br><br><br>
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.<br><br><br><br>
(This next bit is kind of embarrassing -- my apologies if this is inapproprite.)<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br>
.<br><br>
.<br><br>
.<br><br>
.<br><br>
.<br><br><br><br><br><br>
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?<br><br><br><br>
This next part is even more embarrasing (my apologies if it's inappropriate)<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br><br><br>
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?<br><br>
.<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br><br><br>
.<br><br>
(end of embarrassing/inappropriate material)<br><br><br><br>
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.<br><br><br><br>
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?<br><br><br><br>
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?<br><br><br><br>
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.<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="