New health guide includes lentils and peas as protein suggestions

Source: Ashley Robinson, MarketsFarm, Commodity News Service Canada, January 22, 2019 

Health Canada has unveiled its new food guide, which switches the focus from portion sizes to a balanced diet and includes protein from sources like peas and lentils.

For the Canadian pulse crop industry, it’s a narrative they’ve been sharing for years.

“(The new food guide is) also sort of a realization that there isn’t just one approach to achieving the proper nutrition that ensures a healthy outcome,” said Gordon Bacon, chief executive officer of Pulse Canada.

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