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Properties and benefits: lentils

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Lentils

Lentils are the seeds obtained from the plant Lens Culinaris, which belongs to the legume family. It is a plant with thin stems, which sprouts pointed leaves and small flowers with light-coloured petals from which the lentils grow.

Properties and benefits: lentils

Some benefits you didn't know about taking lentils

Lentils are very low in fat and high in energy. They are rich in minerals such as iron, magnesium, zinc, potassium, phosphorus, and selenium, as well as fibre. As for their vitamin content, lentils are rich in thiamine, niacin, folates, vitamin B6 and group A vitamins.

Thanks to their high vegetable protein content, lentils can enrich our diet in terms of nutritional quality and are particularly useful for vegans or vegetarians looking to increase their protein intake.

Nutritional composition: Calories: 351 kcal, Fats: 1,8 g, Proteins: 23,8 g, Carbohydrates: 54 g, Fibre: 11,7 g, Water: 8,7 g, Calcium: 56 mg, Iron: 7,1 mg, Magnesium: 78 mg, Potassium: 737 mg, Phosphorous: 240 mg, Vitamin A: 10 mg, Vitamin B6: 0,6 mg, Thiamine: 0,5 mg, Riboflavin: 0,2 mg, Niacin: 5,6 mg

Nutritional values

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Kcal

351.0

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Fat

54.0 gr

CHO

23.8 gr

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