Reasons to love your legumes

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

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