Types of Seeds Consumed By Humans

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 @ 12:42 am | Shopping

There are essentially three kinds of seeds that are directly consumed by humans- cereal, legumes, and nuts. Cereals, foods like rice, wheat, maize, and oats -are typically the largest part of a healthy diet and we would likely get most of our calories from these kinds of seeds. Legumes are soft seeds that are eaten as food- peas, fava beans, white beans, peanuts (which isn’t a nut, strictly speaking), and soy beans are some examples of legumes. Nuts- we all know what nuts are. However the coconut, though it isn’t a nut, is still an edible type of seed.

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