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- Diana Herrington
- May 18, 2011
- 10:06 am
- 62 comments
One of the Top 5 Healthiest Foods On The Planet…
as selected by Health Magazine.
Lentils are good for so many parts of your life: your body, your blood, your pocketbook, your taste buds, and even the environment.
Most recipes with lentils are gluten-free and sugar-free.
9 Big Benefits of these Tiny Beans
1. Low Cost:
Just 20-30 cents will you buy one cup of lentils which can supply 1/3 of the daily protein requirement for a 150-pound adult, plus a truckload of other nutrients.
2. High Protein: 
Lentils have the highest level of protein by weight of any plant-based food.
3. High Nutrition:
Lentils are the mightiest of the beans. If beans are good for you, then lentils — the smallest of the beans — are GREAT for you. In general the smaller the seed, the more nutrition a food has by weight or volume.
4. Low in Fat and Sodium
5. Most Alkaline of all Protein Sources
6. Easy to Digest and Cook:
Compared to many other beans they are much faster to cook and easier to digest. This is why they have been the mainstay of many cultures for centuries.
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Diana Herrington
Diana Herrington, now living in Northern Canada, turned a debilitating health crisis into a passion for helping others with healthy, sugar free, gluten free, eating and cooking. After testing and researching every possible healthy therapy on her delicate system she has developed simple powerful principles which she shares in her recent book Eating Green and Lean, and as host to Care2 groups: Healthy Living Network and Healthy Cooking. She is the head chef at realfoodforlife.com
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+ add your ownExcellent info, thanks!
Bookmarked!
Very informative - I love lentils anyway but it's good to know exactly how good they are for me and my body.
Thanks Diana.
I must learn to use these...
Have three unopened bags in the kitchen.
Wouldn't know where to start!
excellant reasons, thank you, i like too add lentils to rice, yum
You're preaching to the choir, Diana! But thanks.
Give me lentils anytime ! Lentil salad, lentil soup, stew, pie.
I prepare them in many different ways and always enjoy them !
I'm a huge fan of Indian food - mostly because of their delicious lentil dishes.
I love Lentil Moussaka!
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