Animal-and plant-based protein sources: a scoping review of human health outcomes and environmental impact

L Ferrari, SA Panaite, A Bertazzo, F Visioli - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dietary proteins are indispensable to human nutrition. In addition to their tissue-building
function, they affect body composition and regulate various metabolic pathways, as well as …

Potential health benefits of garden pea seeds and pods: A review

T Kumari, SC Deka - Legume science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is a nutritious pulse crop belonging to the leguminous family, and
widely cultivated. In recent time, health and nutritional benefits of the pea and its by …

Bioactive compounds in legumes: Implications for sustainable nutrition and health in the elderly population

MV Conti, L Guzzetti, D Panzeri, R De Giuseppe… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background food production represents one of the highest impacting activities on our planet,
significantly contributing to climate change. Agriculture is one of the most important drivers of …

Prebiotic potential of dietary beans and pulses and their resistant starch for aging-associated gut and metabolic health

S Kadyan, A Sharma, BH Arjmandi, P Singh, R Nagpal - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dietary pulses, including dry beans, lentils, chickpeas, and dry peas, have the highest
proportion of fiber among different legume cultivars and are inexpensive, easily accessible …

[HTML][HTML] Legume consumption and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of prospective studies

N Zargarzadeh, SM Mousavi, HO Santos, D Aune… - Advances in …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an equivocal and inconsistent association between legume consumption and
health outcomes and longevity. The purpose of this study was to examine and quantify the …

Widening the perspectives for legume consumption: The case of bioactive non-nutrients

R Geraldo, CS Santos, E Pinto… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Legume grains have provided essential nutrients in human diets for centuries, being
excellent sources of proteins, carbohydrates, fatty acids, and fibers. They also contain …

Legume proteins and peptides as compounds in nutraceuticals: A structural basis for dietary health effects

M Carbonaro, A Nucara - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the current climate of food security, quality aspects of legume crops have primary market
economic and health impact. Legume proteins and peptides have been discovered to have …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Can Help Facilitate and Maintain a Lower Animal to Plant Protein Intake Ratio

M Messina, AM Duncan, AJ Glenn, F Mariotti - Advances in nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
The health and environmental advantages of plant-predominant diets will likely lead to
increasing numbers of consumers reducing their reliance on animal products …

Dietary iron intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

H Shahinfar, A Jayedi, S Shab-Bidar - European Journal of Nutrition, 2022 - Springer
Purpose We aimed to assess the long-term association of total, heme, non-heme, and
supplemental iron intake and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Methods PubMed, Scopus, and …

Intake of legumes and cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis

V Mendes, A Niforou, MI Kasdagli, E Ververis… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aims To summarize the evidence on the association between the intake of legumes and the
risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) overall, coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, and …