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    22 days ago

    Also, for variety, there are a lot of kind of beans, plus there’s chickpeas and lentils which can be made in the same way.

    For even more variety, one can eat beans with rice 😁

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      322 days ago

      Agreed! Pulses in general allow for a healthy and affordable diet.
      I’m not a proponent of rice mainly for the way it gets produced (lots of water needed and methane emitted in the process) and the fact it’s a hyperaccumulator of arsenic. About all these things I don’t need to worry when picking pulses.
      But each to their own and some variety rarely is a bad idea.

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        222 days ago

        How much of a concern is arsenic? A lot of Asian cultures have rice with every meal and they have some of the healthiest people on the planet.

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          122 days ago

          Dunno. What I can say is that it’s not no concern.
          https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/15/health/arsenic-cadmium-rice-wellness
          Add the methane production and use of water to the equation and beans or pulses in general look quite a bit better in terms of environmental or individual health.
          And last but not least rice contains very little protein whereas pulses are rich in protein.
          But because pulses typically are low on some protein like methionine and cysteine, grain is a indeed a good addition to a diet based on pulses.
          Yet I’d pick oats over rice for that part.