By Jess Jennings
Thinking of ditching meat in 2021? This may be some motivation!
A study by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine found that a low-fat, plant-based diet can boost fat burning and weight loss, as well as lower the risk of diabetes.
Oh, and speaking of plant-based…
You may want to add some beans to your diet in the new year. Seems the people in the world who live the longest and are the healthiest all have one thing in common: They eat beans every day.
According to Dan Buettner, longevity researcher and author of
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who ve Lived the Longest, 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. He says people in these Blue Zones, who live to more than 100, eat at least four times as many beans as Americans do.
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