Dr. Michael Greger

So legumes have prebiotics.

They have the prebiotics.

So that's why we think the food.

In fact, legumes are the the primary protein source of every single blue zone, every document.

Right.

That's where they get most of their protein from some sort of legum, whether it's, you know, brown peas or something or black beans in Costa Rica or soy foods in Okinawa or whatever.

But it was always centered around not just plant-based in general, but a plant-based source of protein, the legumes.

So beans.

And so we should be thinking like bean burrito, chili, like how can I fit beans in my daily diet?

And that's part of the daily does is like, can I have any beans today?

Like, can I put beans on my salad or throw some beans on this pasta dish?

Or it's like simply get a can of, you know, unsalted, no salt added beans, you know, open in two seconds.

You always keep a can of beans in the fridge.

You can just throw a spoonful onto anything basically.

Wow.

Yeah, in fact, someone at a talk was like, I just take white beans mashed into my oatmeal.

I'm like, never heard of that.

But he's like, can't even taste it.

I'm like, okay, yeah, great.

I mean, look, you know, and what's nice about a healthy breakfast is that regardless of what you do the rest of the day, you know, God knows what kind of, you know, what bowl of candy is on your co-worker's desk or what donut shop you're walking by or God knows what stress is going to, you know, take you down the wrong path.