Legumes are great for not only diversifying your diet, saturating your body with various vitamins and minerals, but also for losing weight. We are talking about beans, lentils and chickpeas.
Nutritionist Myra Rau spoke in more detail about the benefits of such products.
The nutritionist said that legumes are low in calories, but highly nutritious due to dietary fiber. If you add them to your diet, a person will be full for a long time. This will help reduce the number of calories per day, and give up unhealthy snacks.
In addition, adding beans, chickpeas or lentils to the menu helps prevent diabetes, heart disease and vascular disease.
At the same time, Rau added that if a person wants to saturate their diet with such products, then they should start with a small amount. 1-2 tablespoons will be enough.
“Over time, tolerance to legumes will develop and you can gradually increase the portion size of legumes,” RIA Novosti quotes the doctor as saying.
If you regularly overdo it with such foods, there is a risk of bloating and pain.
Nutritionist Margarita Koroleva also commented on the benefits of legumes. She emphasized that it is better to eat legumes closer to the evening to get rid of the desire to eat closer to night. It is better to combine such a dish with vegetables and green salads.
