>    From:    Oliva <[log in to unmask]>
>    Subject: Re: Meats vs. grain/legume
>    
>    Being intolerant to beans, I'm not about to eat them but I am curious as to
>    what good they are and for what purpose in their original state?  Doesn't
>    make a lot of sense for them to exist........      Oliva

They exist to propagate beans' genes. Not everything need be human-useful, y'know.