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A Half Cup For A Healthy Habit

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The Half-Cup Habit makes it simple to add the recommended 1 ½ cups of pulses per week* (or  Â½ cup three times per week) to your diet. Packed with protein, fiber and nutrients, eating pulses can help you maintain a healthy weight and improve overall wellbeing.

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*The USDA recommends a weekly serving of 1 ½ cups of legumes (pulses) as part of a healthy eating pattern (https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/). And a Canadian study found that consuming ½ cup cooked pulses (~99g) per day or more is associated with higher nutrient intakes and improved diet quality. Higher nutrient intakes were noted for fibre, protein, folate, magnesium, iron, potassium and zinc (Mudryj et al., 2012, British Journal Nutrition).

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