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The most popular legumes in the supermarket that you need on your grocery list
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It’s Pulse Week in February! In this episode we are joined by Theresa Pham, Nutrition Manager of the Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council. We are sharing the benefits of pulses/legumes and helping you find them in the supermarket!
We cover:
- The benefits of pulses/legumes (in other words, beans & peas!)
- What legumes are in the supermarket and where to find them
- Why there has been a 12% increase in legumes in the supermarket the past two years
- The most popular legumes
- What nutrition and health claims are used on legumes
- The highest fibre and highest protein legumes
- Theresa’s favourite ways to cook and eat legumes
- GLNC’s position on the Australian Dietary Guideline review and how plant proteins should be positioned
One-liners you don’t want to miss:
“Soluble fibre, resistant starch, insoluble fibre which has many benefits to gut health and as we know good gut health helps reduce the risk of chronic disease.”
“Australians are only consuming about 19g of legumes each day, which is significantly lower than the recommendations which is half a cup (75g). We are only having about one quarter of the recommendations.”
“Based on our audit that we collected, we found that borlotti beans have the highest fibre content followed by navy beans.”
GLNC Recipe Book!
https://www.glnc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Love-your-Legumes-Recipe-Book.pdf
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