Reasons to love your legumes


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Apr 06 2020 17 mins   84
Want to know what the one food that is truly deserving of the title ‘superfood’ is? It is legumes. Packed with nutrients, offering a host of health benefits and good for the environment too, you’ve probably been overlooking these foods for years. It is time to give them another look. Oh, and they also store really well, making them ideal doomsday prepping foods which is on-trend in today’s times. In this podcast, I’ll talk about the foods that make up the legume family, uncover those health benefits and give you tips on how you can get more of them in your diet. Links referred to in the podcast Legumes and heart disease risk meta-analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24898241 Legumes and body weight meta-analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27030531 Legumes and blood pressure meta-analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24014659 Posture and food perception https://academic.oup.com/jcr/article-abstract/46/4/708/5488173