Cancer Protective Diet
Celebrating Nutritious Beans
What’s not to love about beans. They are cheap, easy to cook with, and an important source of protein in a plant rich, cancer-fighting diet. You don’t have to be vegetarian or vegan for beans to be a great standby in the kitchen. Beans add protein to simple veggies pastas or soups, make hearty nutrient rich dips and can even be baked into cakes and cookies. Although they...
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