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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GastonDelacroix" data-source="post: 2731928" data-attributes="member: 914156">I've been looking for ways to get more protein and fiber into my diet, and I recently saw that a package of pinto beans claims that 1 cup (dry) has 28g protein and 56g fiber for a mere 240 calories.When I look at the nutritional information for cooked pintos (for what I think is the same quantity -- beans don't seem to swell that much when cooked), the protein is halved and the fiber is reduced to less than a third.Is this much nutrition really lost in the boiling? If so, is there a reasonable way to cook beans without boiling them?Comparing 100 calories of each: Uncooked, 23.33g fiber, 11.66g protein; Cooked, 6.3g fiber, 6.3g protein.  Where does all the fiber and protein go?</blockquote>