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An 18-month-old baby has died in Villanueva del Arzobispo, Jaén, after choking on a handful of dried legumes at his parents' shop. The child reportedly put the legumes in his mouth and could not be saved. Spanish media outlets including 20Minutos, COPE, Cadena SER and El HuffPost are covering the death, which has drawn attention to the risks of choking in small children.
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EatingWell has published a roundup of 11 vegetarian dinner recipes aimed at supporting healthy cholesterol levels. The collection highlights plant-based meals built around ingredients such as vegetables, legumes and whole grains, which are commonly associated with better heart health. It is part of ongoing interest in diet-based approaches to managing cholesterol without medication.
- 3Pea farm work left one worker with lasting lung damage●I was wondering the other day about why peas don't give people allergic reactions like peanuts. I did work processing pe
A food processing worker recalls a winter spent processing peas on a farm, saying the exposure wrecked his lungs for a year and left him wheezing in pain, and that he believes it caused the asthma he still suffers. He raises the question of why peas trigger fewer allergic reactions than peanuts, despite causing severe reactions in occupational exposure.
- 4French food supply study ranks vegetables and meat on nutrition and environment●In the French food supply, #vegetables & #legumes have favorable nutrition & #environment profiles, red & processed #mea
A new assessment of the French food supply finds that vegetables and legumes score well on both nutritional quality and environmental impact, while red and processed meat perform poorly on both counts. The nutrition scoring accounts for beneficial and harmful nutrients, and the environmental evaluation covers greenhouse gas emissions, land use and additional indicators, adding weight to debates over sustainable diets.