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Agriculture began more than 10 000 years ago when gatherers and hunters turned into farmers; since then, legumes – plants belonging to the Fabaceae (or Leguminosae) family - have been part of the ...

Each year on February 10, the United Nations commemorates what probably sounds to many like a strange occasion: World Pulses Day. But, as a researcher focused on forgotten and underutilized legumes, I ...

World Pulses Day 2025: Pulses like beans, lentils and peas are great for the health, especially if one have a unhealthy heart condition. Pulses are part of the legume family – the main difference ...

Food science professor Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia, right, and graduate student Andrea Jimena Valdés-Alvarado found the optimal fermentation conditions for several types of legume pulses that ...

Legumes are often listed as healthy foods to incorporate into a well-rounded or vegetarian diet, but many people don't know how to cook them. Urad dal, a popular Indian pulse with a distinctive speck ...

Beans, pulses and legumes can be classified as either vegetables or proteins under the new USDA dietary guidelines, giving them an important role in a person's daily diet, an expert panel said at the ...

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. – Besides Valentines and increased talk of heart health in February, did you know that World Pulses Day is also celebrated on the tenth?

Beans and legumes are often overlooked, but they’re an incredibly important part of a healthy diet. “I’m a lover of legumes for all the nutrients they provide to us and the soilc,” says Hunt.