40 days eating only canned beans (191 tins)

Inspired by a half-page scene in John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat, where a family of poor, super healthy kids eat an almost exclusive bean diet, Beau decides to do much the same thing.
Eating only the contents of 191 tins of beans over 40 days transforms Beau into The Human Bean, and in doing so gives him a front row seat into how one food, totally and utterly, dictates how he feels. Beau uses his intimate knowledge of running to compare his former self to his bean-self, logging lacklustre training for an ultramarathon that he plans on running during the final day of the experiment. Epiphanies are had, saddles are blazed, and genuine insight emerges from what is strangely appealing day-to-day of mediocrity.
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Produced and Directed by Beau Miles
Produced and Edited by Mitch Drummond
Official Selection: The Trail Running Film Festival, 2020.
Music:
El Mayor by Las Pampas
Eminence Landscape (Ins) by Ian Post
The Bluff of a Clown (Ins) by Anthony Lazaro
Days Pass by ANBR
Blanket (Ins) by Lance Conrad
Handpanaphone by David Charrier
Don’t Run Away by Max Apollo
Cat and Mouse (Ins) by Michael McQuaid
Fel Mocoso by Las Pampas
With Some Malice by Francesco D’Andrea
Beans eaten:
80 tins of organic baked beans in tomato sauce (13.8% carbs)
30 tins of organic kidney beans (5% carbs)
20 tins of organic blackbeans (12.5% carbs)
40 tins of four bean mix (10.5%)
10 tins Mexican bean mix (9% carbs)
10 tins butter beans (13% carbs)
1 tin of giant greek(?) beans (17% carbs)

[@krunkcleanup2949]

When you go for a run on a diet of beans, you always have the wind at your back.

[@soundesignerlowekey4420]

Im sure he made his own wind...Poor people behind him...

[@macabro716]

Underrated comment

[@stryhuns]

@@macabro716 i really don't understand that wind joke, can you explain?

[@macabro716]

@@stryhuns it means you should hit the thumbs up button on this comment.

[@MrVolodus]

@@stryhuns Well, you fart after eating beans. Fart is wind. Wind is at your back.

[@stjamesnolan]

This man is such a good story teller, we are all here voluntarily watching him eat cold beans over and over again.

[@BeauMiles]

Cheers JC. I ate a lot of beans for such a phenom to happen!

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

I'm even eating cold beans Along with the video for "immersion"

[@snoozimation4966]

@Abel Harbour did you mean bean-brain? lol

[@probablynotabigtoe9407]

Those beans looked ambient temperature to me

[@Pelvicks]

Not only that, he is a wonderful human being and tries to make a mark is this mad world.

[@soffwhere]

Not only is he a character, but he’s an incredible story teller, a comedian, a philosopher, and a heck of a filmographer. I’d pay good money to have a beer with this guy. Maybe even a cold can of beans.

[@joshdavis5991]

👨 🍴 🫘 🍴 👨

[@mikb5587]

Temu Morgan Spurlock

[@jaimelubrani4435]

lol man that eats beans for 40 days is a ""philosopher""

[@carollynt]

Image change every three seconds as is typical these days. No one has an attention span longer than a goldfish any longer.

[@malloot9224]

@@jaimelubrani4435 What part of that confuses you?

[@linkmclaughlin6174]

I am autistic and I seriously, really, intensely love beans. They are the cornerstone of my diet in every form, but my favorite is ham and beans. I use smoked ham hocks and cubed pork tenderloin along with the usual fixings and spices, and cornbread. I fill a 5 gallon Dutch oven with ham and beans(1lb Lima beans, 1lb great northern, 1lb split peas) weekly and 2lb ham+bones to eat for the week. It’s incredible. So cheap, very filling and comforting, easy to slow cook, and great drunk food.

[@mq-r3apz291]

Superfoods are expensive and beans in general are one of the cheapest food IN GENERAL u can buy. Definetly one of my foods too

[@steven401ytx]

Why did you say you're autistic?

[@oscarlove4394]

@@steven401ytx sensory stuff? autistics sometimes have hangups or strong preferences on sensory stuff like food or fabrics. So when OP says he loves beans and eats them every week with every meal he's kinda saying 'i dont think most people would enjoy this but i do'.

[@etzerdlasgaudistuben5300]

i tell you my favorite bean recipe: add into a big pot: 1 spoon of flour, 1 spoon of tomatoeconcentrate, a little oil, salt, pepper, then you add water and mix everything well, then you add bell paprica, carott and potato, add now your beans or later, let it cook for 30 minutes, add some uncooked rice, let it cook for 20 more minutes, let it rest a bit, add herbs and spices, and enjoy friendly friend face.

[@komiks42]

Beans are great. Cheap, tasty, filling.

[@smokeshow1984]

I feel sorry for any person that had run a marathon behind the guy that has eaten only beans for over a month

[@nickwilliam78]

😂😂😂

[@fragileomniscience7647]

Beans may be some of the more potent antidepressants out there. Better than the fallacy-junk that are SSRI meds.

[@small6859]

Its a nicer breeze, helps you run faster 😂

[@PoKeKidMPK1]

@@small6859 a smell so nice it makes people leave to the front a lot quicker, only to leave such pleasant smell to them 😢

[@SonicHedgehog1991]

May as well have a TNT in front of your face the entire time.

[@SamBrickell]

It's the middle of the night, and I'm watching a man eat cold beans from a tin... What am I clinging to.

[@TheWonkster]

The human experience

[@sky.the.infinite]

💀💀💀

[@wolvar6933]

well said I am going to bed.

[@mikehollin3818]

Oh, Elaine

[@botezsimp5808]

Your brain wants a good dose of methane.

[@Ace6434654321]

This video literally inspired me to run my first marathon. I watched this video about 6 months ago and just yesterday completed my first marathon run. The idea of wanting an adventure right where you are really spoke to me. And if some guy can eat nothing but beans and run a marathon I figured I could probably do it eating normal food. Love these videos, love the energy he’s putting into the world!

[@lispendens]

What do you mean “normal” food? Are beans not normal food? It’s a common food, dudette. lol…

[@damonkeijzer2254]

nice comment, dropped another seed and inspired me to pick up running again💪🏼

[@edgbarra]

​@DanXBoonbeans are amazing

[@journeywithnichole986]

Good for you! Way to step out of your comfort zone.

[@misssmith7225]

Congratulations!

[@jeremyberman8204]

Would never have thought a video about a man eating only beans for 40 days would be so fascinating. Incredibly well done, Beau.

[@dickface9369]

The fact you didn’t heat any of these is disturbing and massively impressive

[@JonJosephKuhn]

I lived off of food straight out of the can for a number of years.

[@dickface9369]

Jon Kuhn my guy I feel so sorry for you why you doing that to yourself

[@TyBraek]

He lives in Australia those beans are already heated at room temperature lol.

[@BeauMiles]

All about the simplicity, DF. And I like cold beans (lucky!) Ta

[@JonJosephKuhn]

Dick Face I lived in van. It was one of a few options.

[@williamwhite9767]

I"m 78. I grew up poor just outside of a small town much like Mayberry in the USA. We ate lots of dry beans in the winter and I loved them. We had a huge garden to supplement our diet in the summer and my mom canned a lot of stuff for the winter. My dad caught about 4k herring in the spring from the local creek and we ate pickled herring most of the year. We couldn't afford pop and snacks from the store and we were probably much healthier for it.

[@bela-sofia34]

@עילג ישראלי I see you trying to turn KZbin into Reddit!

[@steffybael1245]

@עילג ישראלי WTF!!!

[@williamwhite9767]

@עילג ישראלי Your sheep are missing their daily mating.

[@docrx1857]

BS. Herring live in the ocean. Your dad never caught any in the creek. Your whole comment is BS.

[@brendathurman2523]

@@docrx1857 Some herring return to fresh water to spawn.

[@factscrub3755]

i dont know if i shud be more impressed with his tenacious diet restriction or his seamless gorgeous editing. Its like appreciation at multi-levels

[@Ashleyjohnson397]

I agree!

[@garyfrancis6193]

Shud?

[@factscrub3755]

@@garyfrancis6193lol calm down gary Francis, its colloquial short lazy english

[@Anduin5]

You discovering how the absence of other foods shortened your emotional experience was really interesting and unexpected. Eating only beans is pretty dark, maybe even akin to a prison diet. You alluded to a darker side of this experiment, and you can tell this must have been quite the thing to stick through.

[@juha9703]

Eating one or couple different foods is what humans have been doing for hundreds of millions of years. Mainly starchy vegetables and some meat when there was no plants available.

[@batt3ryac1d]

​@@juha9703I think even the small amount of variety from scavenging fruits and the days when you caught some meat were what makes it though.

[@MadisonPaige]

There are so many types of beans and they all have a unique flavor and texture profile.

[@narrowpath9491]

Your brain needs saturated fat to stay healthy

[@Songsthesecond]

Wtf? No it’s not you sound like you have never been on a diet beans are healthy good but still high calorie kind of

[@tocodelray]

Old house --> John Steinbeck Novel --> I'm going to eat only beans. Makes perfect sense.

[@dcraexon]

👽love all kinds of beans 😋

[@dylonmc4323]

@@dcraexon lol, not off the floor of a rat shack though.

[@ronald5629]

What are chickpeas? Are they beans?

[@hanksiedonny]

We don't have ketchup.

[@juliomoreno8452]

@@ronald5629 In the US, we also call it garbanzo beans. It's a legume, like regular beans. It has lots of protein and aminoacids.

[@jeffclark5024]

Gotta admire a mans ability to finish something he’s started. Not necessarily because it makes sense but because he said he was going to do it..

[@Wanderlust073]

Jeff Clark also - ultrarunning in a nutshell, lol

[@jarijansma2207]

sounds like the story of humans

[@markusalambrofernandez7991]

-lawful neutral

[@DabbyMcFrAwgz420]

stubborn people are annoying and illogical

[@ggurunadha]

Sheer fucking will.

[@iqcops]

I made it halfway through this and decided I needed to go peel open a can myself, and eat my beans while I watch the other half.

[@SgtDukenberry]

The only appropriate response

[@bojanivanisevic1072]

I would have loved some stats on the blood work, it would've been nice to see a before and after comparison. Great video!

[@misssmith7225]

He put it just before the ending credits. Cholesterol & B12 dived, and everything else stayed the same.

[@leonfoster-pollard5903]

Now you can officially say, "bean there done that"

[@ES11777]

🤣

[@harrycantwell6252]

Its bean a great experience

[@valjean2036]

🤣

[@oflifeandstuff]

Mr Worldwide

[@HyperVectra]

*groans*

[@ian4594]

This channel is RUTHLESSLY underrated. The absolute madlad got me to watch him eat cold beans for 26 damn minutes. This is what the internet's all about. Legend.

[@user-me8hc3bs7i]

I think we can get count danki to cover this mans journey

[@christopherc3214]

Who cares about ratings? Just watch it if you like it.

[@susanleger434]

Individualism expressed. Something unique is very entertaining.

[@travisealdread6388]

Mad respect to you. It wasn’t easy, and it never was supposed to bean. You showed self discipline and tremendous strength. Very proud of you man

[@verward]

Everytime I watch this (which is probably too frequently) I notice a new line that cracks me up. Beau mate, I absolutely love this mini-doc.

[@BeauMiles]

Thanks Ward

[@troyelhard2684]

If you turn the "u" in Beau upside down you get Bean.

[@melkerternby7918]

3 am thoughts

[@xxxxOS]

@@melkerternby7918 3am thoughts whilst smoking weed. Lol

[@irma7503]

😂😂

[@JohnJohnson-ei5iy]

God dammit you've beaten me to the punch

[@Crpz]

I thought you were lying til I checked myself

[@PassNoJudgement]

You have a gift for making documentaries.

[@BeauMiles]

Ta, PNJ. Collab with good people (Mitch!)

[@HearturMind]

I hope he looks further into what he’s experienced here-VEGAN DETERIORATION.He had all the effects: weight loss, depression, gut distress, vascular issues, energy issues and crankiness. Imagine after years of this. Cool doc. Cool guy.

[@Crpz]

Discovery channel would suit him well

[@augustlorcan7986]

@@HearturMind mans is eating just beans that isn't comparable to a varied vegan diet

[@jhutch7354]

Heart Mind you fool because he was only eating beans

[@nativedumbass]

Something so simple I seem to have missed in my 29 years of life. You are what you eat. Its not just a punchline to a joke, its true in so many senses of that phrase. Thank you Beau for getting this insight out to others and making me think.

[@tomdifrancescaiii5197]

I once did the potato diet for 30 days, nothing but potatoes which I boiled and then diced and fried them and put just a little bit of low sugar ketchup on them. I lost 25 pounds, had a clear head, and lots of energy! Everyone thought I was nuts but I had read about a man from Australia who had been living on nothing but potatoes for over a year and had lost 100 pounds. Only problem was, by the end of that 30 days I was so totally sick of potatoes that I couldn't eat even one over the next year LOL

[@kateb6893]

Did the 25 lb stay off?

[@Manhandle730]

@@kateb6893 i highly doubt it did. It’s like keto or that other no sugar diet from ten years ago (can’t remember the name, some doctors last name I think) they don’t work unless you stick to it forever. The people I knew that have done these diets put the weight on right after they stopped following the program.

[@sacredsecrecy9620]

It's your typical vegan effect. Could've replaced the potatoes with any other veggie with the same outcome. During the honeymoon phase you always feel great. Until your body's stores are depleted and the starvation related autophagy begins. Then all kinds of health issues set in and you feel like crap 24/7. Basically that's the end result of any kind of restricted diet. We're omnivores after all. We get our nutrients from all kinds of different food sources. Greens, fruits, grains, fish, dairy, meats, eggs... We can't stick to only one type of food for good, because then we get into a deficit of certain vitamins, aminoacids or minerals that only the other foods contain. We need the variety and we also need the right balance of it all. It's so simple but it's also not. Depends on your own approach to the matter.

[@TheStruggler101]

@Mr know it all How can you compare a vegan diet to a diet of only beans or potatos? A vegan diet just means it excludes all animal products and it can be as simple, varied, healthy or unhealthy as you see fit. Any nutritionist will tell you that a diet (vegan or otherwise) that is varied and includes a wide range of different foods is more likely to be optimal than a diet that is restrictive, because your obviously going to get a wide range of nutrients and various other things compared to a restricted diet. All of the largest nutrition organisations on the planet agree that an appropriately planned vegan diet (a wide variety of foods, mostly whole foods, limited processed foods etc) is perfectly healthy for all stages of the human life cycle. There is so much misinformation around, and people claiming that your going to be nutrient deficient if you don't consume any animal products, but the scientific literature does not support this. Even using basic logic and facts can tell you this is nonsense. For example, most vitamins and minerals need to be replenished on a daily basis. Only a few vitamins such as b12 and vitamin A can be stored for any significant amount of time (4 yrs for b12 and 4 months for Vit A). Many millions of people have been eating diets void of animal products for many years and decades. I've been Vegan 6 years myself and I am still waiting for the magic nutrient deficiencies and brain fog or whatever the hell some people talk about. A lot of the time diet isn't even what is causing these people problems, there are many factors that go into good health not just diet.

[@TheStruggler101]

@Mr know it all Wow.. 😂

[@451asians]

Before Quarantine: Wow this guy is insane During Quarantine: *Tell me more*

[@jacobtex4611]

buy dry beans and soak in water for extra texture and almost twice lower price. mix up with rice for extremely tasty carb bomb and a full-aminoacid profile of proteins. you may also blend the beans with a little liquid to create a bean cream which is easier to digest and easily condimented for superb flavor. or just eat dirt. i heard good soil has minerals and nutriets as well xd

[@18deadmonkeys]

@@jacobtex4611 If you have a pressure cooker you can skip the soaking and all day cooking. Beans ready in 2 hours. We eat beans very regularly, but not like this guy! Also, a can of cubed SPAM in that pot for some fat and flavor

[@kennypliu]

Cow Farts I heard that soaking the beans break down the insoluble fiber. And that makes you less gassy after you eat em.

[@jasonboggs2835]

Quarantine....yes. This quarantine is insane. Thank you MSM, money hungry health officials, health organization and corrupt politicians for lying to us, destroying our economy and making life a living hell!

[@Shockwaveo]

less is more, whats between the lines?

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

This man single handedly opened a new hole in the ozone layer

[@JM-xi8uz]

🤣

[@vidainvestor]

Lol

[@castlebravo3188]

Nice one 😂

[@kevincgrabb]

I get you're making a joke, but that's not even remotely close to how that works. At all.

[@joelmcada8250]

@@kevincgrabb if you really got that he was joking you wouldn’t have felt compelled to make such an ACKSHUALLLLLLLLY comment

[@justinrobar2252]

My daughter was born 3 days ago and, while my partner was having a bath in the hospital, I found myself alone with her for the first time. She started to fuss and I happened to be reading your book, the section about Steinback's Tortilla Flat inspiring this video, so I decided to read out loud to her and she settled. My partner and I are both runners and watch all your videos together, it's very fitting the little ones first book was yours!

[@lgngrrtt]

This Aussie bloke got me, an American, into John Steinbeck in a big way. Beau is my favorite inspiration of small-core local adventure for all time.

[@dannywalker1326]

I was dirt poor in my early 20s and had just enough food to sustain myself. Watching a man eat nothing but beans takes me back to those times. Good on you pal.

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

22 here, I am in that phase beans and cheapest frozen veggies. It's both a blessing and a curse when you have no budget for fast food.

[@codranine6054]

Yup.

[@rickstorm4198]

John I sincerely ask are you located near Kentucky? I can help. I refuse to let my fellow hard working men go hungry. I refuse to donate money though. Been burned too many times. Have no problem driving up to 250 mikes one wat and stocking you up. Some advice. Get a small chest deep freeze. You can buy some food in bulk. Plus freeze bread etc .. it helps with wasting food. I also recommend a rice cooker. Even a cheap one. 25 lbs of rice is 30 to 50 bucks. I'm fairly wealthy but still live poor. I grew up dirt poor.

[@lukesutton4135]

Lmao wasn't more than a few years ago that I lived 30 mins out of town and survived on 20$ a week. I feel it... lotta people have no idea how good they have. Absolutely No Clue

[@codranine6054]

@@rickstorm4198 muy amable de su parte.

[@theshownoller6893]

I think the best thing about Beau, is that you never doubt for a second that all he is eating is beans. Its truly authentic

[@derrickmcadoo3804]

RIP their bed. It was converted into a dutch oven. My condolences for the wife as well..

[@12345678927164]

He probably was not just eating beans. I mean, look how happy he looked before the final race.

[@worldprops333]

your, post, uses incorrect, comma usage, making it, incredibly, awkward, to read.

[@caiminlaws7029]

@@worldprops333 Your*

[@Cr4z3d]

@@worldprops333 William Shatner Dialect

[@sebastienbeheretche8225]

I Love how in the end you choose to highlight the amazing-ness of having a vegetable garden with fresh amazing food 😍 Love your personality, mate ! your youtube channel is awesome, thank you 🙏

[@beaoni1]

You, fine sir, are a gifted story teller. Not only by dialogue but visual. The perfect way to teach in this new age of connections and social groups....the village of the new age. We need more story tellers

[@penguinactually]

I kind of expected this to be a bit of a joke, but the storytelling, visuals and the philosophy was actually insanely good and very eye opening :)

[@ApathyBM]

It's the most beautiful video I've seen in a while

[@andiincali.4663]

Highly entertaining.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Which eye?

[@debbieblakeley369]

Just the sheer discipline it took to only eat beans for 49 days just floor’s me.

[@gerrysmith7031]

I like beans but where ,s the toast gone. I enjoyed watching thank you. Ged

[@thomaskutches2613]

Did I just spend the last 26 minutes watching a guy eat cold beans out of cans and running while he commentates what he is doing, and enjoy it? Yes and I can't believe it quite yet.

[@Madness1337]

i skipped through for 30 seconds cause beans disgust me lol

[@carmengoff7175]

I know, I am watching ALL, without fastforwarding, I cannot believe it either. This guy is very entertaining, but also who ever edited it all together, fantastic.

[@perfectgematriadecodesabc4259]

@@Madness1337 sounds about white

[@visionandvoice2819]

@No Touchy This 🥫🥫🥫🥫

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

@@welshrecon He does have a point... I'm an old American and until recently, have never experienced empty shelves at the grocery store. And the way things are going, an Apple/bread/milk (staples) are now a treat for those that can afford it...

[@martyp7401]

You never cease to amaze me! From the day i stumbled across your channel every video has brought something different and insightful.

[@ajbufort]

Wonderful video, Beau! Loved your attitude and perspectives throughout. Somewhat of a 'self-experimenter' myself, and I agree, it's a fabulous way to learn not only about yourself but about life in general. Subscribed!

[@madriverskier]

This man was my camp counselor and I couldn't be more proud.

[@BeauMiles]

Nice one Bruce! Should be more Bruce's in the world, hands down!

[@thomashudson6676]

@@BeauMiles you should of said hands downes

[@choronos]

@@BeauMiles kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpjaYoioa5erZrM

[@lendaryreviews]

Legendary

[@gxlorp]

Dweeb

[@p0t4t0nastick]

"It's a fascinating and pointless experiment" - those are the best.

[@mr.speyside5240]

HGB 1 Wow, you didn’t get the point of the comment.

[@danielliu9616]

it proves a vegan diet is healthy so it's not pointless

[@lars277]

Beans Beans the musical fruit, The more I eat, the more I toot. The more I toot, the better I feel, That is why I have beans for every meal.

[@goncalosantos171]

this might be the best youtube video i’ve ever watched, production value through the roof

[@austin5977]

I would have completely believed that this was solely inspired by the fact that you found the pun "The Human Bean" funny

[@CantStayAwake]

There's a chain of coffee drive through stands int he PNW named Human Bean!

[@alancorcoran6737]

Isn't this the same as the BFG? He called them human beans.

[@kaihocompany]

Combined with the fact that the most perfect name "Mr. Bean" was already taken.

[@67kingdedede]

And a real hero

[@taylorhorne6645]

I have watched his multiple times since its release and it continues to be a source of great joy for me. Thank you for eating your bodyweight in beans, Beau.

[@michaelbrunelle2956]

Same here. This may be the only YT video I have ever re-watched.

[@ronaldstewart3467]

And here we are still passing gas for you...... what a wonder

[@markws5952]

You needed to watch it again 🤯🤔

[@matthewmishefski4458]

I really appreciated this. As a plant based consumer where beans make up 30-40% of my intake I found this useful. To come from the understanding of a lack of variety and the constant calling of more variety I think you are seriously made man. I don't want to even consider 5 type dieting let alone 1! Applause to your aplomb!

[@mikepaquette1245]

How much beans a day you eating? I’m considering eating 3 cups of garbanzos a day since I’m trying to cut meat

[@1SafetyAngel]

WOW I completely underestimated the complexity of your narrative, your true message. Absolutely brilliant 👏👌 Well done

[@winterapparel7540]

I expected nothing less from a man who would take black licorice as one of his only three food choices

[@RattPoison80]

I'd rather just have 2 choices if the third one was black licorice

[@cognitivedisability9864]

@@RattPoison80 MADNESS! ANY LICORICE IS DELICIOUS EXCEPT WHEN ITS COVERED IN CHOCOLATE!!! THIS IS A TRAVESTY

[@thewhat531]

Cognitive Disability Who in their right mind would waste good licorice by adding chocolate?

[@Mist261]

Liquorice comes from a bean plant too, the irony 😂

[@seanmatthewking]

And spotted bananas... I don’t f- with bananas that are overly ripe. Too many spots and no thanks.

[@KyleHohn]

Why did you give up coffee when it’s literally more beans

[@catnium]

@@MaxG-jk8ty coffee beans are actually not beans but a fruit also look at 17:40 genius ....

[@sneakyb4st3rd12]

​@@catnium r/Woosh

[@hehe5147]

@@catnium thats tea..... genius

[@newthrash1221]

SneakyB4st3rd This isn’t reddit, nerd.

[@TechSupportDave]

@@newthrash1221 Saying r/whoosh does not indicate any relation between being a "nerd", or being a "Reddit user". The usage of this reference has been culturally accepted as the term-to-go-to when somebody does not understand an obvious joke through their lack of intelligence. It's almost as if you have never been on the internet before! Because clearly you don't know that if a trend permeates a social platform, that others, irrelevant to that platform, will mimic the trend. You're assuming something wholly ambiguous based on your own biased opinion, instead of looking at the facts.

[@WalksAlone]

That was surprisingly, profoundly entertaining! Thank you.

[@kelevra434]

The coolest mini-doc I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch 👍🏻

[@gominuke]

a beautiful human bean right there

[@JamesWilson-vf1mf]

Underrated comment.

[@dcraexon]

It is a book and just like TV just because someone wrote a script doesn’t mean you should follow it

[@tangalicious4515]

🤣👍👍👍

[@AgentZ7]

And a real hero

[@leaf_swiss5184]

I just watched a guy eat beans for 26 minutes. I need to leave the house

[@mrwood4557]

Lol wish I could. Lock down

[@DivineFalcon]

To hoard canned beans?

[@Muntoreanu]

Hahahahahaha nice one

[@hallamkirlew497]

@Neil P. and @acidtooth this is why peoples grandparents and people at risk are still dying because of idiots like you

[@ciaranc7460]

@@hallamkirlew497 yearly 500,000 to 750,000 globally die from regular flu alone, flu is a terrible illness for elderly, do we have a lockdown for that too? Herd immunity is only thing that works. We need to be around others to boost our own immune system.

[@SwitchyCrystals]

So glad i stumbled upon your channel. Running means so much to me, I feel the same about it as you, I run daily. Loving your self-set challenges and loving seeing you navigate through various parts of your beautiful country. Love from the UK!

[@woodman-ct]

Pop open a can and eat a bean every time Beau says "beans". Great (and entertaining) experiment dude, thank you for doing this.

[@Blackobluna]

Nobody: Steinbeck: Floor beans This man: B O D Y W E I G H T B E A N C H A L L E N G E

[@slappy8941]

Who the fuck is still using that dumbass "nobody" meme?

[@RogerCurran]

😂

[@blackholiness]

@@slappy8941 people will keep using it as long as there is 500 morons who will like the comment.

[@austbob7161]

“Six cans of beans is too much. 5 feels okay. 4 feels better. *So I’m gonna have 7* I’m gonna crack on with 7 tins of beans”

[@Drozey710]

Nobody like to admit they ate 7 cans of beans..

[@farfromirrational948]

This guy is a national treasure

[@bradpitt3810]

Sgt. Sister Fister trailer park boys

[@therealfinnaspring8585]

I didn't get that lol like if your feel best eating 4 cans then eat 4 cans bloke

[@beverlycharles6534]

THAT was soooo funny. 🤗 Still can't believe he didn't wanna heat them or season them. Just pure humor.

[@bingebinge3722]

The production value is amazing! Thank you so much for the experiments 😁

[@MrRobo76]

The best KZbin video I’ve seen in a long time. Likeable guy, great sense of humour, humour and interesting experiment

[@donchichivagabond1578]

What you were missing was the rice. My family was raised on those two and we have multiple males above 6' and very muscular. People would say our family has good genes when in fact we had good beans!🤣

[@paula889]

Yes! Or it's the tortillas he's missing! Corn and beans have all the essential amino acids you need. Or beans and rice! Squeeze a lime over it to fight scurvy and fry in lard for some b12 and you could live for years off that and nothing else! 😄

[@donchichivagabond1578]

@@paula889 all that was the magic sauce! You are right. Beans, rice and corn tortillas was our meal most of the time. We would pick lemons from the neighbors trees to splash the juice on our food to spice it up with a little chili. To this day I could eat this meal multiple times a week and not be tired of it.

[@gordo3582]

And here I thought EVERYONE knew its "beans and rice" not beans alone...

[@MrX-nc8cm]

@@paula889 you’re right about beans and tortillas. I’m Mexican and that was basically the diet of my grandparents and parents (when they where kids). They ate meat but it was rare, they were really poor but never needed more than tortillas and beans, and they were healthy and strong! My grandma and grandpa still woke up early and work in all their chores, grandpa even works out with his weights and does his little runs 😂 idk but they’re built different must gotta be the beans and tortillas 😅 they’re 74 and 85 respectively.

[@jgarcia6751]

Cute! Beans not genes!

[@jimbb1832]

He's a man of focus, commitment, and sheer f***ing will. A true maverick.

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

he once killed a man with a bean... a f***ing bean

[@claytonwilson5354]

He prob went thru over 400 pair of drawls may all them tighty whiteys he wore RIP

[@aethrya]

You can say "farting" on KZbin

[@Leopold---1320]

Or he's starving for KZbin attention and will do anything for it including eating beans for 40 days and telling everyone about it. Hipster dufus.

[@kimjongun2637]

Mavericks suck

[@hanselito2416]

This is the exact video I was looking for. Thank you.

[@Ever_Think]

This video turned out to be way better than I had expected it would be when I clicked on it. I was just expecting someone eating beans in their house everyday. Unexpectedly I start to fully love all the content. You are a great story teller, and likeable from my own interests. Thank you so much for all the details.

[@idoyt8684]

what i thought i was clicking on: haha funny beans what i was actually clicking on: what is the meaning of life

[@carlingnugent]

Welcome to BeauTube

[@HowesSpace]

The beaning of life

[@tracygaylor9505]

@@carlingnugent he shall be also called Mr. Bean II Jr. I would require snacks, not beans with coffee

[@drandana3661]

Its beans

[@the.marinator]

This man's conviction to finish this seemingly pointless challenge/project is admirable. Takes a lot of determination.

[@DickRileyTheConquistador]

I think its a basic preppers type diet, so its not pointless at all. It shows a strict beans diet survivability

[@joecat916]

And someone who can put up with it!

[@soundesignerlowekey4420]

Bet he took off like rocketman when those fumes built up in his gut...

[@curiosityl.6261]

I know it's (likely) not the case, but something hilarious to do is watching it imagining that this is all a scam and he filmed this all in one day, only ever having a bite of beans at a time to show the camera, then goes on to eat like a king, and every time he walks away from the camera he says to himself "God i hate beans"...Makes it even more of a must watch.

[@Hadassah7000]

Yet I think it's a shame that it seems to be very popular now for people to harm themselves in different ways to get likes and subscribers on KZbin and TikTok etc. At least this was a very mild form of harm and a little healthy.

[@NickqtGaming]

Hey Beau! Love you and your channel. Been a huge fan for years. As for your comment about not understanding why you choose to do things that make you uncomfortable, I believe that we are only able to truly grow and change when we're facing discomfort. So good on ya mate. I can't wait for more videos. P.s. Helen, you're a patient woman lol. You are the best! Much love and respect to you and your family!!

[@TheTopMostDog]

Mate I'd love to see a video of what you do eat, and how much you actually do from day to day. You're an inspiration to us all!

[@zacprunty]

This. Channel. Is. AMAZING. I can’t get enough of Beau’s story telling.

[@BeauMiles]

Cheers, Zac. Good one fella.

[@adammiller9179]

Agreed! I blew through all the videos is about two weeks. I've been waiting for a new one for months!

[@NASkeywest]

Anyone who questions if Beau actually just ate beans or if he cheated the entire time….you don’t know Beau. Dude doesn’t do this stuff for KZbin. He does it for himself and just so happens to post it to KZbin for us to enjoy his journey.

[@patangel1652]

Yes he does come across very genuine. Fascinating guy

[@MrLiquid323]

Trust nobody -Tupac Amaru Shakur

[@andyphillips3518]

@NASKeywest ⚠️ If i give you a document could you make sure Beau gets it next time you see him?

[@gremics-gallery]

Hey Beau, Im going to read John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat - instead of trying my own body weight in beans. Thanks for your effort on this one. Great video (as they all are).

[@mikeedwards1768]

very down to earth, comedic, fun and educational video my friend. cheers from canada

[@Blackobluna]

I like how he throws himself headlong into batshit ideas with the assumption that he won't actually die from it

[@gavinhanson9213]

Blackobluna You can survive 20+ days with no food. I wouldn’t think 40 days with just beans would kill you 😂 maybe 6 months

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

@@gavinhanson9213 Malnutrition is a thing, so while he might not die, he could've gotten some serious organ damage.

[@Epck]

@@Jacob-yg7lz yeah the nosebleed while running was not a good sign

[@kerry_runs]

Beans are one of the healthiest things to eat on the planet...SMH

[@ForeverMasterless]

@@kerry_runs Just because they're healthy doesn't mean they can't kill you if they're all you eat for a long period of time. Beans aren't a complete protein. If he kept this up for a year he'd almost certainly have anemia and significant loss of muscle mass.

[@SinChi707]

A real human bean, and a real hero.

[@jockel9502]

Damn I was gonna post that

[@ileiad]

fucking beat me to it

[@GreenEarth20]

came here to post this, thank you for your service

[@ItSAaliya_onSCREEN]

@@jockel9502 I was too...good movie "drive" 💗

[@generationexodus1783]

mate, its awesome to see you do this sort of stuff. as a bushman myself, you have sated my curiosity sir. look forward to more of your awesome content.

[@mollieboice6936]

Just finished reading you amazing book....Thanks for being you!

[@hotdinner6873]

Mr. Miles throughout the video “bean(s)” is said 82 times. An additional 23 are added from text that said “bean(s)”. Giving the total to 105. It’s 2:44 in the morning, I watched the video twice, once for my enjoyment, and another for the bean

[@Mortonstones]

Been head.

[@jamesmoore5917]

thanks for your service

[@ncrnw4385]

You need a girl friend.

[@hunnersahings7375]

You've bean busy 😏

[@jas4768]

I like to think that we are all human beans, in this burrito called life.

[@rhov233]

Or are we dancer?

[@probablynotabigtoe9407]

Thats Deeper than a can of Beans

[@n3rdy11]

Beautifully poetic

[@zin.nesis1]

😀

[@kadmuspl830]

You should chceck out "Killer bean forever"

[@ocbyn]

Luv this guy. Impressive dedication

[@alisar505]

This story made me consider how poverty or living in a food desert can affect someone’s chance for success. A well-rounded diet’s affect on motivation, creativity, and focus should not be underestimated.

[@Oneday487]

Living on white rice an ranch or hotdog buns an bbq sauce when those fs ran out every month succked big time

[@bwing411]

The problem is our modern diet doesn’t accomplish this either. The food pyramid was motivated by lowering costs, with no concrete evidence supporting it. A shame to society. (Research US obesity rates vs the release date of the food pyramid consisting of mainly cheap carbohydrates)

[@josie3221]

@Spike Elwood That's their own fault though haha. Most those guys have a hard time taking care of themselves from what I have seen though.

[@donniemoder1466]

Nutty.

[@anitakinnear6735]

What an excellent observation. Go to Washington DC and help us out! They don’t seem to understand the effects of poverty.

[@actualfluency]

There are a lot of youtubers doing all these "far out" experiments and challenges, but very, very few manage to make something like eating 80kg of beans into a captivating story like Beau. I particularly enjoyed the reflections on eating culture, and beginner runners. Oh, and the security checkpoint was so Aussie :D

[@bEnderOfWorlds]

I would caution people that beans do not have a complete complement of essential amino acids and this is not sustainable over long period of time unless you vary the type of beans like he did.

[@dylan4652]

As an American no airport in this country would allow that. The paranoia at our airports are absolutely insane but unfortunately it’s necessary.

[@joeedwards9721]

Must be something better to do with your life

[@daviddesrochers9439]

@@joeedwards9721 yep, .....steady diet of nothing......by Fugazi..

[@tams805]

@@bEnderOfWorlds Nooooooo, REALLY?!

[@SBH918]

Love the story telling and editing keep these videos coming please

[@Casperr123]

Unbelievable, well done. Really cool experiment. Must've been super super hard.

[@markopetrik]

*lives in a place that looks like Middle Earth* This guy: I want to eat beans off the rotting floor of a ruin like someone in the Great Depression

[@syahrulsyadzwan769]

The music and the shots made this look like a Netflix original

[@lucassund8605]

Na this is better

[@posterestantejames]

that’s true… Was very well done. Entertaining bloke. it’s strange that I was looking for some sort of a been induced epiphany… But none came. And he just ate a bunch of beans and felt fairly average about it.

[@potcupcake]

@@posterestantejames and we loved it :)

[@bethymears2648]

Vitamin K and bio tissue salts please take them for the nose bleeds. Your platelets are low.

[@syahrulsyadzwan769]

@@bethymears2648 wait what?

[@subdynoman]

Thank you for conducting this experiment, I was going to do the same during covid for many reason's. Instead i went with only eggs, butter, milk and cheese. I have regained my best health at the age of 41. Im still on the diet but have incorporated more greens and starches. The collective conscious thanks you again and looking forward to your next endeavors. 😊

[@tianzhou1244]

7:44, 'You eat many beans?', 'Not really' 😂😂😂

[@GeneraleRus]

I wonder if this guy just levitated every time he had to fart

[@ColorMeRado]

Caused the earthquakes

[@josie3221]

Believe it or not your body adjusts to the River after a while

[@ngreat4390]

😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂 I couldn't have said it better.

[@TheWolfsnack]

....funnel...to hose...to compressor.......no more propane needed.

[@schprox]

Your body will get used to beans after a good month of farting. Or maybe more, depends on your body.

[@timothy3777]

"I am beans right now... everything is beans... and it's not quite right." This guy is beaned

[@kirkhysell9921]

he should of smoked some weed he would of been a baked bean then

[@frankenstein588]

ahahahha i laughed the whole way through this vid

[@VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes]

Whoever edits your videos is amazing at it! Wow such a vibe.

[@VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes]

Great camera shots by you as well! ❤

[@VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes]

MITCH DRUMMOND ❤

[@TheAlexcutting]

awesome video! thanks BEAU

[@Darian1233]

Imagine you’re a regular on that train and everyday you just see this dude posted up going in on a can of beans

[@Spirit1-]

This literally felt like a documentary, I could put this on the TV and nobody would know it’s a KZbin video, fantastic editing. If this was a one hour video I would binge to this

[@hotdogrelish]

I agree. Wonderfully done. Very watchable.

[@sheltonstarnes879]

This is literally a documentary.

[@johnirving4906]

I quite enjoyed this, thank you

[@GuiiSanttoss]

i' ve been mesmerized by the speech around 11 minutes since the first time i heard it and man, it gets better every single time

[@oyekunbiadams8742]

I had no idea I was going to enjoy this as thoroughly as I did. Came here out of curiosity, stayed because I wanted to see how his life turned out. Such great storytelling. Very random, and probably unrelatable, but definitely memorable.

[@annabell3385]

I can actually relate. I had to do an elimination diet. Meat only, though, not beans.

[@lilacscentedfushias1852]

@@annabell3385 I have a very limited diet because of allergies, when by body decides it doesn’t want to play fair it’s carrots, green beans, peas & rice. I’m not fond of the texture of beans, I like the taste though.

[@melodyjordan6052]

Me too

[@treetree117]

The scariest part of this video is eating nachos with a knife. She’s a psychopath

[@xcheekclapperx0318]

Dear god

[@bill3641]

Likely , to look more proper ?

[@thecook8964]

Living with him, she has to tough...

[@samuraishampoo7]

IF YOU TURN THE U IN HIS NAME UPSIDE DOWN HIS NAME IS BEAN!

[@stevefranpimblett8257]

Next time try only potatoes. Excellent source of carbs and very easy to live on for months. I did it for 7 months with just spuds and like you, tea. I was obese and at the end of my 7 months I had lost 30kg. It turns out if you are eating something you love that is full of complex carbs its seriously easy to accomplish. Potatoes are still my dietary mainstay and I am now down to my lowest ever adult weight, probably lower than when I was a teenager. Eat complex carbs and you can't go wrong. I bet your marathon times would be excellent if they were spud fuelled.

[@tja62000]

What sort of preparations of potatoes did you mostly eat? Obviously fried ones aren't nearly as healthy, but I couldn't imagine eating boiled potatoes for 7 months. Did you do the all the cooking and whatnot yourself? Now that you've finished with the potato only diet is over, what is your preferred preparation of potato?

[@Itsunclegabby]

​@@tja62000You can roast or air fry. Boil and mash. If the goal is weight loss, you don't want to add any additional fat. I mono mealed for about a year. Check out The Starch Solution.

[@ComotoseOnAnime]

@@tja62000 Eating only potatoes isn't healthy long term either, they don't have everything you'd need though you can get away with subbing in button mushrooms for protein and other nutrients potatoes don't cover but it's still a sub-optimal choice as meat will always be the most healthy thing for you, in moderation of course. It's nutrient dense and the vast majority of animals have at least *something* in them that would provide you the nutrients you need. (It is a well functioning animal, it makes sense that their parts would contribute to the good function of an animal further up the food chain.) Humans have developed for millions of years off of eating meat after all. Pursuit predation is a big part of proto-humanity's pre-civilization hunting strategy, following behind an animal until we literally walk it to death. Incapable of resting the thing we're chasing eventually keels over and dies from the stress or is so weak you can just dispatch it where it lay. It's why humans are bar none, the most endurance focused species on this planet. There is literally nothing else in our weight class that can even come close. Even wolves/dogs, our closest competitor can barely keep up with us, it's the primary reason they developed into the hunting companions that they are. Two apex predators working together for the betterment of both. So yes, meat good. Just don't eat too much, especially organ meats which can do bad things to your hemoglobin count and blood pressure (Speaking as someone who can't have organ meats too often for that reason.) If you ate a little bit of every major part of a cow you could survive off of literally only that if necessary, even things like vitamin C can be obtained from the liver. So meat and potatoes is, unironically, a very healthy option. Add in a bit of full fat milk and an egg a day and you have a very nutritious balance of all of what you need. 4-6 ounces of meat a day along with those other options can keep you going for a very long time. About the only thing I'd add to that kind of diet is some form of citrus to pad out the Vitamin C requirements.

[@Jeremiah7-ox2nj]

Potatoes are loaded with starch. Look forward to blood sugar spikes and a risk of type II diabetes. Slower-acting carbs like legumes are better.

[@CharleyBlumer17]

As a lover of beans, this video was amazing. It makes me wanna try something like this and escape all of the other emotions caused by food to learn more about myself. You've turned 26 minutes of a man eating cold beans into an inspirational video. Hats off to you. I'm not wearing a hat right now but if i was I'd take it off in respect for you.

[@UncomplicatedFellow]

At least do proper dry beans I would think and mix in some lentils, Lima beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans etc. Don't eat just shitty can beans too much sodium and preservatives.

[@maddiekits]

@@UncomplicatedFellow canned beans are ususally presevative free, and if you get the low sodium kind your daily intake will still be lower than avg.

[@maddiekits]

@@Joe-sg9ll it really doesn't matter, after thousands of studies the actually effects are inconclusive, most people expose themselves to way more dangerous foods everyday which eating just beans would remove....

[@maddiekits]

As someone that has basically done this accidentally, i'll say your mileage will vary. I noticed no real difference in thinking at all...

[@nimblegoat]

@@UncomplicatedFellow and take a B12 supplement -quite a necessary vitamin

[@Gojira_Wins]

This guy, who was randomly recommended to me as KZbin knows damn well I have nothing else better to do, is answering the questions I've never had. Good job dude.

[@MTulak]

This video encouraged me to reconsider beans, and now they are a staple in my diet. Cheap, healthy, and packed with nutrition!

[@BeauMiles]

Booooomnmm

[@rakadoni8403]

@@BeauMiles Beau what was in that last sandwich ??

[@thedoctor7158]

Best way is to get a ninja foodi pressure cooker or an instapot pressure cooker. Just rinse your dried beans, pick out any stones or other detritus that might be in there. Dump in the pot and add seasonings, onions, garlic, plus water and pressure cook on high for 25 minutes give or take, then natural pressure release for 10. You can mix in some hot precooked meats after if you like.

[@WeatherMoon]

​@@thedoctor7158I would think soaking dried beans for 24 hours would make them more nutritious. I can tell the difference when I went to cooking beans without soaking them 12-24 hours open air or w a cotton cloth covering loosely). Massive difference in how I felt and my gut.

[@thedoctor7158]

@@WeatherMoon The nutritional difference between soaking and not soaking is negligible. The only difference would be for those who have trouble digesting the types of complex sugars in beans for that you want to soak.

[@diane3304]

I thought I'd watch a few minutes of this video and move on. I ended up watching the entire thing and wish it was longer. Amazing!

[@PiousMoltar]

"But I am beans right now, everything is beans. My eyeballs, my fingernails, my hair, my heart... Everything is beans... and it's not quite right" - Bean Miles A quote for the ages.

[@oz_jones]

A real human bean

[@King_Flippy_Nips]

he would have to eat them for 9 year to actually be all beans since it takes 9 years for every cell in your body to be replaced

[@dollabz777]

Ah, but you left out the best part! The quote ends with: "But it's still potent."

[@skyedefrees5858]

So good!

[@daveyjoseph6058]

@@King_Flippy_Nips but even then the beans themselves are not actually replacing the cells of his body