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Lentils

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Three piles of lentils side by side — green, brown and red — shown whole
Green, brown and red lentils together. Seeing them side by side is how you tell which one a recipe wants.

The Persian longevity legume: protein + fiber + iron in one affordable bowl.

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Soluble fiber lowers LDL (the harmful type of cholesterol) cholesterol and gentles post-meal blood sugar.

A Blue Zones staple: legume intake is one of the clearest longevity signals.

Cooks in 20–25 minutes without soaking — a weeknight anchor.

These small, lens-shaped legumes have fed people from Persia to India for millennia. They cook quickly, bring protein and fibre in equal measure, and sit at the heart of Persian dishes such as adasi and ash.

Known to botanists as Lens culinaris.