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Healthy Substitutes
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the October 2006 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
Meat and lentils
1/4 of Your Meat for Lentils

Saturated fat (which meat tends to have a lot of) can gum up arteries and speed you toward heart disease. Too little fiber (meat has zero) can accelerate the aging of the gastrointestinal system. Beans and lentils are the opposite of meat: lots of fiber and no saturated fat—and they provide protein. How can you lose?
Printed from Oprah.com on Thursday, May 23, 2013
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