TABLE 2.

Frequency of recommendations about beans to persons with T2DM^† by dietitian counseling categories (n = 302)

How frequently do you (or would you) make these recommendations to a person with T2DM about eating beans?	Total	Do not counsel 23% (70)	Dietitians who counsel
			Not T2DM † 11% (33)	T2DM nonclinical 26% (78)	T2DM clinical 40% (121)
	%
1. Eat more beans for good nutrition*
Never or rarely	2.3	1.4a	0a	1.3a	4.2a
Sometimes	16.3	8.7a	15.2a,b	16.7a,b	20.8b
Often/Almost always	81.3	89.9a	84.8a,b	82.1a,b	75.0b
2. Eat beans to increase your fiber*
Never or rarely	0.7	0a	0a	0a	1.7a
Sometimes	7.0	4.3a	3.1a	3.8a	11.8a
Often/Almost always	92.3	95.7a	96.9a,b	96.2a	86.6b
3. Eat beans to help control blood glucose*
Never or rarely	14.5	6.1a	6.1a,b	17.9b	19.2b
Sometimes	30.3	27.3a	33.3a	24.4a	35.0a
Often/Almost always	55.2	66.7a	60.6a,b	57.7a,b	45.8b
4. Limit beans to 1 carbohydrate exchange per meal
Never or rarely	50.9	37.3	37.5	55.8	57.9
Sometimes	32.2	39.0	43.8	29.9	7.3
Often/Almost always	17.1	23.7	18.8	14.3	14.9
5. Limit bean intake to ½ cup or 15g of carbohydrate per meal
Never or rarely	45.3	36.7	40.6	45.5	50.8
Sometimes	32.2	36.7	34.4	37.7	25.8
Often/Almost always	22.5	26.7	25.0	16.9	23.3
6. Beans are the same as any other carbohydrate source**
Never or rarely	55.5	65.2a	60.6a	66.7a	41.3b
Sometimes	21.9	20.3a	27.3a	15.4b	25.6a
Often/Almost always	22.6	14.5a	12.1a	17.9a	33.1b
7. Do not eat beans because you have T2DM
Never or rarely	98.0	98.0	100	98.7	96.7
Sometimes	1.0	0	0	1.3	1.7
Often/Almost always	1.0	1.5	0	0	1.7

Same subscript letters indicate column proportions that are not significantly different.

^†T2DM—type 2 diabetes mellitus.

^* p < .05;

^** p < .01.