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Health Benefits of Pulses

Pulses come under the category of cereals. These are edible seeds of leguminous plants. Pulses contain good amount of proteins. They are good proteinaceous food.

Pulses have lot of health benefits. The health benefits of pulses are as follow-



1. Pulses contain adequate amount of proteins and hence acts as a good source of protein rich cereals and food.

2. Pulses contain no cholesterol therefore is very good for patients with high levels of cholesterol who want to lower their blood cholesterol level. Therefore hypercholesterolemic patients should include it in their diet.

3. Pulses also contain no fat, therefore, is very good for hypercholesterolemic and obese patients to decrease their blood cholesterol level and to lose excess weight.

4. Pulses are very good for diabetic patients as it contains no fat and more proteins, which is very good for diabetic patients.

5. Pulses is very good for healthy functioning of body as the proteins present in it helps in repairing damaged tissues of body. It also helps in speeding various chemical reactions of body by acting as enzymes.

6. As pulses contain rich amount of proteins, therefore is very beneficial for children as it helps in their growth and development by helping in building and strengthening musculoskeletal structure of body.

7. Protein diet is very good for growing children, pregnant women and neonates. Protein diet is very good for those people who want to lose weight. And the proteins are contained in good amount in pulses.

8. Pulses are also very good for hair health as it contains good amount of proteins which are very good for hairs.

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