New Vegetarian Food With Several Health Benefits

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 05/29/2008 - 22:00

A new vegetarian food that boosts the uptake of iron and offers a good set of proteins. The food, called tempe, is moreover a whole-grain product with high folate content.

It is generally accepted in medicine that whole-grains reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, and it is also believed that it protects against age-related diabetes and certain forms of cancer.

The B vitamin folate is the natural form of folic acid and, among other things, is necessary for normal fetal development.

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