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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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by Leah McGrath, RD, LDN, Corporate Dietitian - Ingles Supermarkets
Beans have a bad rap. They’re known as the “poor man’s protein” and the “musical fruit” but beans are a nutrient-rich powerhouse. How much do you know about beans… and are you eating enough?
Did you know?
1. Beans (and peas) are the only foods listed TWICE in the USDA’s 2005 MyPyramid, the guide to healthy eating. (www.mypyramid.gov)
2. The term “dry beans” refers not just to beans in a bag but to beans, bagged or canned, that are allowed to dry in their pods until fully mature.
3. The US Dietary Guidelines recommends eating three cups of beans each week. (For those on a 2000 calorie eating plan.) The American Institute for Cancer Research recommends beans as one of the foods (along with fruits and other vegetables) that we should be eating more of to help prevent certain types of cancer. The soluble fiber in beans may help lower your cholesterol.
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Michael Mauldin and Lightning
with Kyle Petty.
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Staff Reports
One of the NASCAR fans featured in the critically acclaimed new book, The Weekend Starts on Wednesday, is N. C. native Michael Mauldin. A music impresario who has been a leading figure making the southeast a center for hip-hop music, Mauldin also happens to be a passionate, long-time NASCAR fan who can reminisce for hours about cars and what they’ve meant to his life. Originally from Murphy, N.C., he became the first African American president of Columbia Records.
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