Consumption of Bean and Human Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemicals and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2024) | Viewed by 28345
Special Issue Editors
2. Toronto 3D Knowledge Synthesis and Clinical Trials unit and Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON M5C 2T2, Canada
Interests: cardiovascular disease; dyslipidaemia; diabetes; obesity; systematic reviews and meta-analyses; nutrition; plant protein
2. Toronto 3D Knowledge Synthesis and Clinical Trials unit and Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON M5C 2T2, Canada
Interests: cardiovascular disease; dyslipidaemia; diabetes; obesity; randomised controlled trials; systematic reviews and meta-analyses; nutritional epidemiology; nutrition; carbohydrate quality; glycaemic index; dietary fibre; dietary patterns; plant protein
2. Toronto 3D Knowledge Synthesis and Clinical Trials unit and Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON M5C 2T2, Canada
Interests: cardiovascular disease; dyslipidaemia; diabetes; obesity; randomised controlled trials; systematic reviews and meta-analyses; nutrition; dietary patterns; carbohydrate quality; glycaemic index; sugars; plant protein; web- and mobile-based applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dietary pulses are the dry edible seeds from a legume plant, rich in protein, fibre, iron, potassium, and folate and low on the glycaemic index. Soybeans are another food source rich in protein and minerals. For the purpose of this Special Issue, the term ‘beans’ will include dietary pulses (i.e., chickpeas, lentils, beans, and peas) and soybeans. Consumption of beans is associated with numerous health benefits, including reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and obesity incidence. Although pulse production has increased globally in the past few decades, and despite dietary guidelines emphasising the inclusion of bean consumption to lower LDL-cholesterol, blood pressure, body weight, and to manage glycaemic control and increase fibre intake, the global bean consumption per capita has been relatively stable.
The objective of this Special Issue is to provide the public with the latest high-quality evidence of the effects of bean intake on human health, as well as sustainability, malnutrition, and food insecurity. Original research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and reviews on dietary pulses and/or soybeans and human health, sustainability, malnutrition, and food insecurity are welcome.
Dr. Sonia Blanco Mejia
Dr. Andreea Zurbau
Dr. Laura Chiavaroli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cardiovascular disease
- hypertension
- obesity
- glycaemic index
- plant protein
- fibre
- micronutrients
- malnutrition
- sustainability
- food insecurity
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