Top 8 Healthy Beans and Legumes!

1. How often do you eat beans and legumes? Most people do not come to the minimum once a week that the Nutrition Center recommends. And that's a shame, because this category of foods provides a tremendous amount of health benefits that go unused!

2. How often do you eat beans and legumes? Most people do not come to the minimum once a week that the Nutrition Center recommends. And that's a shame, because this category of foods provides a huge amount of health benefits that go unused!

1. To lend a hand, we'll cover eight of the healthiest beans and legumes in today's blog. We also look at how you can use it in your meals per product. Hopefully, we will inspire you to put them on the menu more often!

2. To lend a hand, we'll cover eight of the healthiest beans and legumes in today's blog. We also look at how you can use it in your meals per product. Hopefully we will inspire you to put them on the menu more often!

What are legumes anyway?

1. Legumes belong to the legume family. The edible parts are then, as the name implies, the pods of the plants. So beans and legumes are actually seeds, sometimes with the leaf around them.

1. Now this whole family is rich in a number of wonderful health benefits. All legumes, for example, contain a relatively large amount of protein and fiber. If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know that those are exactly the substances you want to get enough of! They make it easier to eat fewer calories and to build muscle.

2. Now this whole family is rich in a number of wonderful health benefits. All legumes contain a relatively large amount of protein and fiber. If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that those are exactly the substances you want to get enough of! They make it easier to eat fewer calories and to build muscle.

Healthy beans and legumes

1. Specific types of course also have their own advantages. Below we look at the benefits of eight healthy beans and legumes!

2. Specific varieties also have their own advantages, of course. Below we look at the benefits of eight healthy beans and legumes!

1. Chickpeas are known to keep the blood sugar level more stable than, for example, (white) grains. They are therefore a good source of slow carbohydrates. They also improve your cholesterol levels and are good for your intestines. For example, research shows that they improve the health of your intestinal flora.

1. Also good news: chickpeas are perhaps the most versatile legumes. You can puree them, roast them, use them in salads and sauces… In this blog you will find some delicious recipes with chickpeas for inspiration.

1. Lentils also contain slow carbohydrates. In fact, adding lentils to a carbohydrate-rich meal can help lower your blood sugar, as this study found. They are also good for lowering your cholesterol and keeping your intestines healthy.

2. Lentils also contain slow carbohydrates. Adding lentils to a carbohydrate-rich meal actually helps lower your blood sugar, as this study found. They are also good for lowering your cholesterol and keeping your intestines healthy.

1. Lentils are especially healthy to add to soups, stews and other dishes that need a little simmer. For example, you can also add them to pasta sauce instead of ground beef.

1. Peas may seem a bit boring, but that doesn't make them any less healthy! For example, they can reduce insulin resistance and help you lose belly fat, according to this study. They also improve bowel movement frequency. If you sometimes use laxatives, a regular serving of peas can make it unnecessary.

1. How do you eat peas? In winter, pea soup is of course a big favorite. But you can certainly use fresh peas in all kinds of salads, sauces and curries!

1. Capuchins are relatively unknown, which is a shame. They are relatively high in fiber, with all the benefits for your gut and blood sugar that come with it. They also almost always come from Dutch soil, so you are still working sustainably.

1. Capuchins are particularly tasty with sweet and sour dishes; you can combine them well with pickles and pearl onions, for example. They also go wonderfully with apple and bacon. They are therefore an ideal protein-rich component for a healthy Dutch meal.

1. Regular consumption of kidney beans lowers the risk of diabetes and obesity. For example, this study shows that people lose weight faster by taking a supplement containing fiber from kidney beans.

1. Kidney beans are of course mainly known as an ingredient of Mexican cuisine. For example, you can use them deliciously in the chili con (or sin) carne. They are also a delicious choice as a filling for wraps.

1. Black beans are on the daily menu in some parts of the world, often along with rice. This is ideal: they reduce the blood sugar spike that you experience when eating rice. In addition, the combination of beans and grains is perfect for getting all the essential amino acids.

2. Black beans are on the daily menu in some parts of the world, often along with rice. That's ideal: they reduce the blood sugar spike that you experience when eating rice. In addition, the combination of beans and grains is perfect for getting all the essential amino acids.

1. In addition to rice meals, black beans are also very tasty in… brownies. Yes, you read that right! There are no grains in it, but that's no problem: if you eat them somewhere else during the day, your proteins are all right.

1. We know from white beans that they counteract the metabolic syndrome. This is a combination of four conditions that often occur together: high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, diabetes and obesity. Those who regularly eat white beans (and other legumes) have less chance of this.

1. We know white beans mainly as those beans in the tomato sauce. However, you can also use them excellently in salads and oven dishes, for example. White beans are also a good protein-rich addition in minestrone or other vegetable soups.

1. Finally, a type of bean that is often forgotten to simply belong to the legume: the soybean. It is much richer in protein than other beans and legumes. Soybeans also contain more B vitamins and iron. The number of fibers is then somewhat lower.

1. Soy is naturally used in all kinds of products, such as tofu and tempeh. In this and this blog respectively you will find some delicious recipes for that!