The health benefits of legumes & how to add them to snacks & meals

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Feeling uninspired about using the canned chickpeas in the cupboard? After listening to this episode you will know why you need to start eating more chickpeas and other legumes and how to go about it.

We cover:

• What are plant proteins?
• What are legumes and pulses?
• How many legumes should we be consuming?
• Nutrition and health benefits of legumes
• Cost & environmental benefits of legumes
• Easy ways to add legumes to your snacks and meals
• Teri’s opinion on how plant proteins should be positioned in the dietary guidelines

One-liners you don’t want to miss:

“If you’re not having an animal protein in your meal, really you need to be having one cup of legumes. This would be assuming you are having no other protein sources which is not what the typical Australian is doing.”

“When I use dried legumes I don’t even measure. I rinse them, pour them into a bowl, cover it with water and leave it overnight. It takes less than 30 seconds to set this up and they are ready the next day.”

“Studies have shown that one meat-free meal per week could save $40 per month off your grocery bill.”
References
Plant protein & health benefits (Norde et al. 2021; Morze et al. 2021; Trauchburg et al. 2023; Liu et al. 2020; Govindaraju et al. 2018; Gauci et al. 2022; Denova-Gutierrez et al. 2018; Pastore et al. 2022; English et al. 2021; Koutras et al. 2022; Bhandari et al. 2023; Zeraattalab-Motlagh et al. 2022; Eslami et al. 2020; Ramezani-Jolfaie et al. 2019; Pameijer et al. 2022)
Cost savings of one meat-free meal a week https://www.canstarblue.com.au/groceries/average-meat-cost/
Environmental benefits of plant-based diets
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9024616/
GLNC Recipe Book!
https://www.glnc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Love-your-Legumes-Recipe-Book.pdf