Plant Based Hero Podcast

Are Beans Important For Our Health?   Watch Your Protein Protein is vital for our health. It is the building blocks of life, and helps with so many different functions in the body. Not all protein is created equal. Those who have diets high in animal protein are at increased risk of coronary disease, cancer, and premature death.   Plants Are King Some of the largest studies on diet in history found that the incidence of all cancers combined was significantly lower among those eating more plant based diets. The Blue Zones of the world, where people lived the longest all ate 90% plants, and ALL of them eat beans.   Spilling The Beans Beans are often counted as both a protein and vegetable. So they are packed with protein, iron, and zinc, or things that you would normally expect from meat.However, they are also packed with things you typically only find in vegetables like fiber, folate, and potassium.   Skip The Bad, Get The Good Beans are also naturally low in saturated fat, sodium, and cont