Lentils, beans, chickpeas and peas provide fibre and protein. Research suggests they may also influence blood sugar, cholesterol and gut health.
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Two-thirds of the UK’s population eat less than one portion of beans each week.
Pulses are important for many reasons. They are packed with nutrition, resilient and crucial for achieving food security in Africa.
Reviving long-lost legume species could help improve global food security and decrease world hunger.
Legumes have a superpower: they can convert nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use to grow.
Today’s production of more, better food from the same amount land means that tomorrow’s population may not go hungry.
Packed with protein, cheaper than meat, and with minimal effect on the climate…what’s not to like?
Pulses – or grain legumes – are indigenous foods that can play a massive role in tackling food security on the African continent.
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