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5 Reasons You Should Be Eating Pulses

If you regularly catch nutrition headlines, you’ve probably seen a new buzzword lately: pulses. Except it’s really not new at all, just not commonly used outside the nutrition profession.  Collectively, pulses encompass  beans, peas, and lentils. Pulses are a subgroup of legumes (plants with fruit enclosed in a pod). Pulses are legumes whose fruit is harvested dry. They’ve long been …

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Why Deprivation Doesn’t Work

“Saturday is my favorite day – it’s my cheat day!“ “I can’t wait until dinner tonight. It’s my cheat meal!” “I’m so excited for this weekend when I can finally have that burger I’ve been craving! I’ve been good all week.” How many people do you know who live by this philosophy? Or maybe you’re doing it yourself. There seems …

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