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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 ...

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 ...

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 are more than just a magical fruit, they're also a superfood, with research showing a significant drop in obesity, mortality risk, and heart disease. The guys discuss legumes, pulses, and beans, ...

From lentils to chickpeas, and even the humble baked bean, pulses are perhaps best known as an alternative, plant-based source of protein. These plants are environmental heroes: they work together ...

Legumes, pulses and beans are terms used interchangeably, but they each have a specific meaning. The easiest way to understand the difference is to think of them in a hierarchy. Legumes are at the top ...

Every year in September, during ‘India Nutrition Week,’ nutritionists, health gurus, development professionals, chefs, and other food and nutrition experts converge across the subcontinent to discuss ...