Major food businesses and caterers have joined the campaign, led by The Food Foundation and Veg Power, and funded by the national Lottery Community Fund. According to research only 4% of UK adults are eating the amount of fibre needed to keep them healthy. Beans are full of protein, fibre, carbohydrates and nutrients.
Bern said: "I am a tighthead prop so I really care about what I eat. I need to be big, strong, powerful in order to play rugby so I need to be fuelled and what we can always do is Bang In Some Beans. No matter what position you play, you have to eat a lot of protein to make sure your muscles are repairing.
"When you finish a game, you want to make sure you get your protein in. Especially when you're young, and you don't necessarily always think about nutrition, having something that you actually look forward to eating, having black beans within a brownie is something that you could have easily.
“And I can imagine how, after a game, having that little bit of protein and the carbohydrates is definitely going to help you recover, ready to fuel you for training on Monday, or even as a nice little snack."
Bern appeared on the Food Foundation’s Bang in Some Beans podcast earlier this week to discuss the importance of eating more beans in our diet. The podcast features athletes, chefs, doctors, pioneering businesses and families across the UK uncovering the bounty of beans.