Healthy Habits: Green beans – 5-star worthy vegetable

We were taught to eat our vegetables at dinner whether we liked them or not, and green beans were on that menu from time to time. We might know them better by the names "string beans" or "snap beans". If they weren't at the dinner table, then they would show up at holidays and potlucks for sure. Maybe they were sautéed, raw, from a can,or frozen. However they're prepared, they have a right to be on that list of healthy vegetables and here's why.

Green beans are great for the heart.

They have zero cholesterol which means no risk for buildup of fat in the arteries when you eat them. They also ha...