Does rinsing canned beans help reduce their sodium content?
Yes. While dried beans are naturally very low in sodium (containing just 2 to 10 milligrams (mg) in a half-cup of cooked beans) canned varieties can be loaded with sodium. Some provide as much as 600 mg per half-cup, a quarter of the recommended daily limit. Draining canned beans in a sieve or colander and rinsing them well can help reduce the sodium up to 40 percent. To help cut sodium even more, look for canned beans labeled “No Added Salt.” Luckily, they are becoming much easier to find. Q: What do we know about the causes of endometrial cancer? A: Cancer of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) is the most common invasive cancer of the reproductive system in American women. Risk is greater among women who have greater lifetime estrogen exposure, which can be impacted by earlier start or later end to menstruation and use of estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy. Being overweight or obese raises a woman’s risk of endometrial cancer as well, probably because extra body fat ra
