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Dried Beans
Dried beans are a health way to get protein.
- Beans have been an important part of the human diet for thousands of years and are one of the earliest food crops cultivated.
- Beans are very low in sodium and offer many of the same nutrients as meat, but without the fat and cholesterol.
- Most dry beans grown in this country belong to the species Phaseolus vulgaris, or common bean.
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