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Legumes as a substitute for meat

Legumes are healthy and they make you full, lentils, beans and peas are real superfoods that can replace meat and provide enough iron.

Buddhists in particular are accustomed to meat-free food, but are always looking for new ideas to add variety to their cooking as well.

Whether in a delicious curry, or as a burger without meat, legumes are incredibly versatile, also always offer a culinary surprise. In my youth, legumes were still a side dish, the satiator, which is also gladly called saturation side dish. Today that is completely different, there all possible special forms of the leguminous plants became genuine stars. Straight ones the vegan and the vegetarian scene discovered a completely new kitchen in the meat substitute from leguminous plants. Here the legumes are then often even used as a substitute for pasta, potatoes or rice.

Especially in my hometown of Stuttgart, "Lentils with spaetzle" have long been a filling meal for the less fortunate, a poor man's dish that has made it to certain notoriety. Anyone visiting the Swabian capital should try the popular lentils.

By consuming legumes, people absorb a lot of fiber, minerals and various vitamins, and the complex carbohydrates can help with weight loss and disease prevention.

Similar to bakery products made from whole grains, pulses also provide longer-lasting satiety; you don't want to eat something else right away because there is content here. So calories can be saved, just the many people plaguing "constant appetite" is usually contained after the consumption of legumes.

Especially important is the consumption of legumes for people with pre-existing conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, gout or rheumatism, since, for example, according to the teachings of the Mayr cure, all diseases originate from the intestines, so the healthy fruits from the pod should come preferentially on the table (I for my part follow the teachings of the doctor Franz Xaver Mayr unconditionally, who was the father of the Mayr cure).

Legumes are also low in fat and an important source of protein. The soybean, for example, is very popular as a source of protein, especially in Asia, and in Europe soy products are on the rise.

In the supermarkets in the meantime whole shelves with legume mash are found, straight Hummus becomes ever more popular, tastes for instance as spread, or as addition to vegetables.

If you do without animal products completely, you can cover your iron requirements from pulses, since the healthy vegetables provide a high iron content. However, dietary supplements (especially iron) should always be taken.

Just with the meal applies: The way is the goal!

Whoever looks for pleasure unrestrained, without measure at the meal and sluggish, weak in forces: the Mara falls like the storm the tree enclosure.

- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero

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