Plant Lectins: Toxic or Therapeutic?
FOOD MEDICINE & HEALTH
The UN General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses with the goal of heightening awareness of their potential nutritional benefits and contributions to sustainable food production and global food security. Pulses refer to a spectrum of dry beans, peas, lentils, and more. The world crop production of pulses exceeds 60 million metric tonnes from at least 55 countries (GPF 2016). The majority of this production in 2013 was from dry beans (~39%) and chickpeas (~22%) (FAO 2016).
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