A double-blind study is one in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment. This procedure is utilized to prevent bias in research results.
Total Dietary Fiber. Kidney beans contain more total dietary fiber per serving than the seven other most commonly consumed legumes in the United States, including black-eyed peas, chickpeas, lentils and black, navy, pinto and lima beans.
Lentils, like other beans, are rich in dietary fiber, both the soluble and insoluble type. Soluble fiber forms a gel-like substance in the digestive tract that snares bile (which contains cholesterol)and ferries it out of the body.