BENEFITS OF INCLUDING PULSES IN YOUR DIET

Our modern world is fully immersed in fried junk foods and carbonated drinks. The hustle and bustle of our robotic life have cramped the healthy routines. And, it's high time to take care of our health for our own life. Hence, this article aims on pointing out the benefits of including pulses in your diet. Consumption of pulses imbibe minerals, carbohydrates, fibers, iron needed for your body. It helps to gain weight, slacken blood pressure, avert cholesterol and poisonous substances in the stomach and ensures the well-being of the heart. Benefits of pulses go on like this and to know more about it, check out this article about the benefits of including pulses in your diet 1. Granary of Nutrition 2. Tones of Nitrogen 3. Consumption and Conservation

1. Granary of Nutrition

 We all know that pulses are commonly known as ‘poor man’s meat’ because they are offering a handful of nutrients and vitamins at a low cost. Consumption of pulses by pregnant ladies can get rid of a disease called ‘Spina Bifida’ that can affect the spinal cord of the unborn baby. Pulses protect us from anemia, diabetes mellitus and also strengthen our bones. The amount of carbohydrates that split up into sugar in our body is less in pulses and assembles fibers that can help in fast digestion.  Pulses are filled with antioxidants that can defend against cancer and also the absence of gluten intensify the demand for pulses.

2. Tones of Nitrogen

Nitrogen is an abundant gas in our atmosphere but we can’t consume it directly. Even though nitrogen is very much needed for the sustenance of organisms, they can only consume it through plants. Plants absorb nitrogen and forms proteins and amino acids thus infusing them in soil. Do you know that these plants usually get this nitrogen through Urea and Ammonia manufactured by artificial procedures in factories? But, it’s surprising that these mini-sized pulses can offer plenty of nitrogen naturally by remaining this nitrogen needed for their growth and for other plants too with the help of microorganisms called ‘Nitrogen fixers’. These nitrogen fixers convert nitrogen got by lightning and rain to ammonia and nitrate. These are absorbed by pulses and thus make the consumers nutritious.

3. Consumption and Conservation

Pulses can be consumed in two ways:- either by drying or by germinating them. The most acceptable way is to eat pulses after germinating them. Because cooking dried pulses can take so much time and waste fuel too. This prolonged cooking can lose nutrients in it, hence it is better not to opt for this option. In germinated pulses, the number of minerals will be high and the number of poisonous oligosaccharides and anti-nutrients will be lowered.

The wastage of food items is the major problem of food security but pulses are safe in this case. As pulses are conserved after drying, it won’t decay and can use whenever needed. This prolonged ‘Shelf life’ helps them to satisfy the anger of natives in poor nations.

I hope this article makes you aware of the importance of including pulses in your diet.