Seeds: The ¡®unsung hero¡¯ of plant-based nutrition?
What do you get when you combine healthy fats with fiber, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals? If you said, ¡°nuts,¡± you wouldn¡¯t be wrong. But the answer I was thinking of was seeds.??
Seeds are a category of natural food that people often forget about. But that¡¯s a mistake, because seeds are the unsung hero of plant-based nutrition.?
Read on to learn why adding more seeds to your diet is a very good idea,...

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