Wild Leaves with Brown Pulses

You may not be familiar with the term pulses to describe a food group, but you have likely eaten them. Pulses refers to the dried, edible seed of legume plants and includes 12 different crops. These plants have been grown specifically for their dried seeds, included in this group are dried peas, dried beans, lentils, and chickpeas. Pulses are such an important and impactful food group that the United Nations designated 2016 as the International Year of Pulses.

Everything you need to know to cook perfect brown rice every time.

If your body isn’t producing important thyroid hormones, you are said to have and underactive thyroid or hypothyroidism. EAT SMARTER will explain what causes this disease, how to prevent it and what you should be taken into account with regards to a proper diet with hypothyroidism.