Lentils: A Miracle of Nutrition

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Lentils: A Miracle of Nutrition

Postby Drew_ab » Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:34 pm

This is a documentary that I think many people will enjoy here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzA9XA67ew

I can visualize Dr. McDougall with his infamous quote that "All long-lived healthy populations have obtained the bulk of their calories from starch."

Let me know what you think of the documentary!
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Re: Lentils: A Miracle of Nutrition

Postby Pumpkin Pete » Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:39 pm

In western countries populations lentils and beans are consumed modestly. In the media I often hear of the growing global need for 'protein' which generally means more animal based protein. Even insects are projected as cheaper sources of protein in the future. All the while we have significant sources of protein - plant protein in lentils and beans. What's more lentils are nitrogen fixers meaning they are excellent crops to grow in crop rotations in commercial farming. The environmental footprint of growing lentils and beans is a fraction of that of raising livestock and fish farming.
Finally lentils and beans are health promoting and delicious!

Now if only the marketing dollars available to promote animal foods was available to market lentils and beans they could become a mainstream in the western diet - ideally replacing animal protein.
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Re: Lentils: A Miracle of Nutrition

Postby f00die » Sat Mar 23, 2019 6:06 pm

dreamers
those ppl are eating lentils
coz they dont have much else.
not at all the situation in developed countries
animal food is plentiful and cheap
a 40 lbs case of chicken drumsticks
can be had for $20. etc
lentils are even cheaper than that
but not many are eating them.
prolly its the pleasure trap
calorie dense foods are simply more reinforcing
that lower calorie dense foods.
one must be motivated to eat lower calorie dense
it requires frequent and repeated directed energy
and a long period of adaptation
and abstinence from high calorie density foods
we already know lentil are good and healthy
ppl would just rather eat meat and fat
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Re: Lentils: A Miracle of Nutrition

Postby abit » Sat Mar 23, 2019 6:23 pm

:-D
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Re: Lentils: A Miracle of Nutrition

Postby f00die » Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:22 pm

given the choice between
a belly full of gmo starches
and my kids going to bed hungry
its not even a choice really.
at least they will live to have problems in the future
and either they will have what it will take
or not
species have a lifetime
(last i read) of about 1 million years
whatever that means to any particular individual
of a species whose individual lifetime is around 80 years
as the lady said
"the men came to learn from me"
its either they die of hunger
or copy some lady
in a patriarchal culture
one can see what they chose
its a nice video (but i hate the taste of injera)
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Re: Lentils: A Miracle of Nutrition

Postby Grammy Ginger » Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:43 am

Thanks for sharing this video. It made me hungry.

It was quite interesting to see the farmers (and housewives) in action. People have been selectively-breeding and cross-breeding plants for better yields and shorter growing seasons for centuries. By the end of the video, it was obvious they were talking about GMOs. Decades ago pesticides and herbicides were pushed on unsuspecting farmers in much the same underhanded way. At first, these seemed like a godsend. Farmers had better yields--etcetera. New varieties of resistant plants don't need genetic modification but rather require patience to be developed. I prefer the permaculture experiments of Geoff Lawton for these low moisture areas, which can be adapted to non-animal farms.

I'm not sure how anyone could hate injera. It's delicious. I think I'll make some this week.
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Re: Lentils: A Miracle of Nutrition

Postby calvin » Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:52 am

pa·pil·i·o·na·ceous (pə-pĭl′ē-ə-nā′shəs) adj.
Having a bilaterally symmetrical corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, characteristic of certain plants of the pea family such as a sweet pea.

co·rol·la (kə-rō′lə, -rŏl′ə) n.
The petals of a flower considered as a group or unit and usually of a color other than green; the inner whorl of the perianth.

per·i·anth (pĕr′ē-ănth′) n.
The part of a flower outside the reproductive structures, usually consisting of the calyx and the corolla.

ca·lyx (kā′lĭks, kăl′ĭks) n. pl.
ca·ly·ces (kā′lĭ-sēz′, kăl′ĭ-) also ca·lyx·es
1. Botany The outermost part of a flower, consisting of the sepals.

se·pal (sē′pəl) n.
One of the usually green leaflike structures composing the outermost part of a flower. Sepals often enclose and protect the bud and may remain after the fruit forms.

The Lentil Flower
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