The Benefits of Lentils in the Diet

There were some recent studies looking at cardiovascular disease risk and they found that people who ate 100 grams of cooked legumes four times a week had a significant reduction in their cardiovascular risk. You know, I don't like looking at total cholesterol, LDRC by around 15%. So not as much as a typical low dose statin, but still pretty good. And you know, this whole protein argument for having more protein in the diet, we are probably really protein replete,. But it's probably the quality of where we get those proteins.