You can get seriously ill cooking and eating dried beans from Phytohaemagglutinin if you don't do it right. Beans like most seeds contain specific toxins that

You can get seriously ill cooking and eating dried beans from Phytohaemagglutinin if you don't do it right. Beans like most seeds contain specific toxins that are aimed directly at mammals to prevent them from being eaten. This is why you can't eat just about any seed in quantity without processing it; they don't want to be eaten and conduct chemical warfare to prevent it. Even once processed you are still getting a huge amount of toxins, just not enough to be sick enough to notice. I don't know why anyone eats beans, ignorance I guess. Beans are also loaded with carbohydrates, peeled potatoes are a much safer source of starch if you just want to load up on starch.