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The health benefits of pulses
Pulses, or legumes, are very important ingredients in the colourful Mediterranean diet, the Rainbow Diet, for a number of reasons. 1. Pulses help control blood glucose and blood lipid levels. They help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. 2. Pulses are high in phytoestrogen – they help block human oestrogen from receptor sites in hormonally-driven cancer. 3. Pulses…
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Rainbow Diet cuts depression by 30 per cent
Three studies on the Mediterranean Diet show its powerful health benefits in reducing depression, particularly through B vitamin foods such as walnuts and almonds. In a preliminary study (1) involving 4211 men and 5459 women, researchers from the University of Las Palmas, in Spain found that folate levels were inversely proportional to levels of depression in men, especially smokers, and…
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