What four letter food is associated with reduced blood pressure and body fat?
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What type of bean are they referring to – would something like hummus do the trick??
It most certainly would! There are better beans than garbonzos, though: http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/the-best-bean-2/
One bean not mentioned is one used by Indians, considered the most strengening bean — urad dal.
I just looked this up in wikipedia. It looks like dal refers to a way of prepairing pulses – peas, lentils, mung beans, and even kidney beans, when hulled and split can be called dal (although it looks like only a subset of these categories). I didn’t see whether there was an American name for the urad dal, though. I haven’t seen a black lentil or similar at my local health food store…
What kind of beans will help lower blood pressure?
All beans should do it! Check out this video on the best bean in terms of antioxidant content.
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-bean-2/
Please also check out my associated blog post Do Eden Beans Have Too Much Iodine?
Is there a risk in eating large quantities of legumes and grains due to phytic acid and lectin, as paleo diet fans calim?
Thank you.
Cooking deactivates these anti-nutrients which include lectins, phytic acid, trypsin and α-amylase inhibitors. The paleo folks seem to always leave this information out. I don’t know anyone who consumes uncooked rice or beans.
I knew it had to be bean or flax…