In a small study, eating a daily cup of chickpeas lowered people’s cholesterol, scientists report June 3 at the annual American Society for Nutrition meeting. And a cup of either chickpeas or black beans per day reduced inflammation.
The results spill the beans on how small changes to your diet can translate to meaningful changes in your health, says Indika Edirisinghe, a nutritionist at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. “Just adding one cup of beans a day can make some big differences.”