A cup of beans a day is ideal. You will read how soaking and resoaking and rinsing beans washes out some of the sugars which cause gas. Don't do it. That fermentation process is what releases the good guys, those phytochemical warriors to attack the bad cholesterol guys. Beans defend your body from not only colon cancer but apparently breast cancer as well.
Beans have an anti hunger effect.
Beans are rich in protein, body builders. Beans are an inexpensive food. Buy them dried. Soak them while you sleep. Bake or boil them tomorrow.