Legumes are genuine capsules of concentrated nutrition. Their use has many benefits, not only for health, but also for the environment.
Legumes provide:
- Protein: No other food is as rich in protein as legumes in their natural state. Soy contains 36.5% of its weight, although most other legumes contain all essential and non-essential amino acids in proportions very similar to those in animal protein. Only the sulfured amino acid methione is found in less than ideal amounts. This minor methione deficiency is less pronounced in soy, whose protein is the most complete of all legumes. Some experts feel that concern over the lack methionine in legumes has been exaggerated. This is because tests evaluating protein quality have been conducted in laboratory rats. It has been recently shown that these animals require more methione than humans.
