Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Mediterranean diet includes pulses. What are pulses?

I've never heard this term before. Is it some kind of herb? Beans? Veggies?The Mediterranean diet includes pulses. What are pulses?
vegetarian food sources are generally classified as cereals and pulses.

Cereals are carbohydrate sources like wheat, rice.corn etc.

Pulses are protein sources, mostly legumes like beans,lentils etcThe Mediterranean diet includes pulses. What are pulses?
I had never heard of this either so I looked it up. It's defined as the edible ripe seed of a plant belonging to the bean family. They grow in pods. Some examples are peas, lentils and chickpeas.|||This is the I know about. Hope to help you.

www.mediterraneandiet.gr/cretan.html|||They are the veggies that grow in pods like peas and beans.

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