By beans, I mean legumes, which comprise all the different kinds of beans, including soyabeans, split peas, chickpeas, and lentils. While eating a bowl of pea soup or dipping carrots into hummus may not seem like eating beans, it is. You should try to get three servings a day. A serving is defined as 60 grams of hummus or bean dip; 130 grams of cooked beans, split peas, lentils, tofu, or tempeh; or 150 grams of fresh peas or sprouted lentils. Though peanuts are technically legumes, nutritionally, I’ve grouped them in the Nuts category, just as I would consider green (snap or string) beans to
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