A cup a day of beans, chickpeas, or lentils for three months may slow resting heart rate as much as 50 hours on a treadmill.

Correction:
04:11 I say 250 hours, but meant 50 hours

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What is that about a shortened lifespan? See the “prequel” video Finger on the Pulse of Longevity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/finger-on-the-pulse-of-longevity).

Having “normal” risk factor values in a society where it’s normal to drop dead of preventable diseases like heart disease is not necessarily a good thing. See:
When Low Risk Means High Risk (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/when-low-risk-means-high-risk/) and Everything in Moderation? Even Heart Disease? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/everything-in-moderation-even-heart-disease/).

More on the musical fruit:
• Beans and the Second Meal Effect (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/beans-and-the-second-meal-effect/)
• Canned Beans or Cooked Beans? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/canned-beans-or-cooked-beans/)
• Increased Lifespan from Beans (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/increased-lifespan-from-beans/)
• Beans, Beans, They're Good For Your Heart (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/beans-beans-theyre-good-for-your-heart)
• Phytates for Rehabilitating Cancer Cells (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-rehabilitating-cancer-cells/)
• Diabetics Should Take Their Pulses (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/diabetics-should-take-their-pulses/)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/slow-beating-heart-beans-vs-exercise and he'll try to answer it!

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