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Keep your cupboard filled with canned black beans and chickpeas, as well as quick-cooking options like lentils. The fiber and protein in beans help keep your blood sugar stable, Zanini says.

Good Foods For Diabetes – 11 Diet Staples Everyone With Diabetes Should Buy (prevention.com)
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Over time, that can add up to big benefits. Adults with type 2 diabetes who ate a cup of lentils or beans daily saw their A1C levels drop by half a percentage point within three months, found one JAMA study.

Good Foods For Diabetes – 11 Diet Staples Everyone With Diabetes Should Buy (prevention.com)

One Food Everyday Can keep Weight Away!

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Eat This One Food Every Day to Lose Weight and Live Longer, Says Expert (msn.com)https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/eat-this-one-food-every-day-to-lose-weight-and-live-longer-says-expert/ss-BB1bR1MD?ocid=msedgntp

Slide 1 of 6: A guiding light for many aspiring healthy eaters is the world's Blue Zones, the small, outlier regions on the planet where people live much longer than expected lifespans. I'm talking about far-flung places like the Barbagia region of Sardinia, Italy; Ikaria, Greece; the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica; and Okinawa, Japan, where women live the longest lifespans in the known world.According to a new CNBC article by Dan Buettner, a National Geographic Fellow, longevity researcher, and author of The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest, there are several general dieting rules that basically all of these healthy people adhere to. They eat a ton of whole foods, for instance. They also eat lots of plants (upwards of 90%), plenty of olive oil, not too much meat or fish, and rarely any sugar. They consume plenty of water. But there's a surprising food they also eat daily that you're likely not getting enough of: beans."Beans reign supreme in Blue Zones and are the cornerstone of every longevity diet in the world: black beans in Nicoya; lentils, garbanzo, and white beans in the Mediterranean; and soybeans in Okinawa," writes Buettner. "Most centenarians eat at least four times as many beans as Americans do on average—at least a half cup per day. And so should you. Why? Beans are packed with more nutrients per gram than any other food on Earth." (And to improve your kitchen skills, don't miss these 52 Life-Changing Kitchen Hacks That'll Make You Enjoy Cooking Again.)He notes that beans are comprised of 77% carbs (complex carbs—the good kind), 21% protein, and they're ultra-rich in fiber. "They'll likely push less healthy foods out of your diet," he says. If you bolster your diet with beans, he suggests that you'll gain better control of your weight, as well. And as it pertains to your lifespan: A study published in The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health found that upping your intake of beans by 20 grams can lower your risk of death by 6%.According to U.S. Dietary Guidelines, we should all be eating roughly a half-cup of beans per day. But it's likely that many of us aren't getting enough.All beans aren't created equal, however. Health experts say that the color of the beans will tell you everything you need to know about their nutritional value, and the darker the bean, the better. A study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that black beans, for instance, contain more than 40 times the antioxidants as their white counterparts. For some of the types of beans that you should add to your diet, here are a few bean options to start easing ASAP. (And for more expert-backed weight loss advice, don't miss this list of Simple Ways You Can Start Losing Weight Immediately, According to Science.)Read the original article on Eat This, Not That!