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By Kim
The first item on Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen is BEANS!! Three servings per day are recommended. One serving would be ¼ cup hummus/bean dip, ½ cup cooked beans, split peas, lentils, and tofu, or 1 cup fresh peas or sprouted lentils.
Inexpensive, nutrient packed, and tasty! Cool beans…what’s not to love?! Beans fall into both the vegetable and protein category of our diets. They are high in protein, iron, and zinc like other protein sources but also rich in fiber, folate, and potassium like vegetables.
There are so many different types of beans… soybeans (tofu, tempeh, miso), peas, lentils, black beans, pinto beans, fava beans, navy beans, kidney beans, great northern beans, cannellini beans, chickpeas, Lima beans… I could go on and on! I will include some delicious recipes in my monthly newsletter. If you are not subscribed, enter your email below!
