Are You Eating Enough of This Inexpensive Miracle Food?

 

'Imagine a delicious, versatile, high protein food that could almost magically prevent heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and excessive weight gain.  You'd be willing to pay a lot for this food, wouldn't you?  Actually, there is probably already some hiding in your kitchen cabinets.  If not, it's on the shelf at the nearest grocery store.  This food is the mighty bean, an overlooked vegetable that is a research superstar.
 

A bean is technically a legume, a class of foods that includes lentils.  One-quarter cup of dried legumes is equivalent in high quality protein to an ounce of meat and packs a 15 gram protein punch.  Beans pick up the flavor of other ingredients or seasonings and blend into soups, salads, stews and most other cooked and raw dishes.'

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