A precious source of protein, legumes should never be missing from the table and according to experts we should eat them at least once a day. The problem is that their preparation takes time, which we often run out of. And many doubt the properties of canned ones, the fast alternative.
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Although i dried vegetables certainly are the best solution for a healthy diet, because more protein, the box ready does not hurt! This is confirmed by Dr. Silvia Goggi, who in a post published on facebook, declared that canned legumes are "always better than no legumes at all".
The key thing is indeed consume them every day of the week because "they must be the main protein source". And if you are not willing, for various reasons, to prepare the dry ones by soaking them and cooking them for several hours, then it is better to use the ready-made ones. Also because, as the doctor pointed out, “the fear that a food preserved thanks to salt is harmful to health or not nutritious enough, for some mysterious reason, only applies to chickpeas & co. and not to cheeses and sliced meats in bags “, although they are also sold packaged and are much saltier than canned legumes.
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Posted by Dr.ssa Silvia Goggi on Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Obviously, the best thing would be to eat dried legumes but "change is a slow process, which goes by degrees". So the doctor's advice is to at least start consuming them every day, considering that for an adult "the content of half a 240 g jar (therefore about 120 g cooked) is more than sufficient as a protein source for a meal".
But beware of cans, especially if you are allergic to nickel. To ensure that there is no migration in food, we advise you to favor glass jars, which are more sustainable from an environmental point of view.
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