Cowpeas and pigeon peas are examples of legume plants. Cowpea is popularly known as beans in Nigeria whereas the pigeon pea is the fio fio we know which is commonly found and eaten in Enugu state, Nsukka axis precisely.
Misconceptions
I have heard from so many diabetic patients that they do not eat food that has sugar (carbohydrate) but they eat proteinous foods like beans, fio fio, etc because they were advised by some quacks or village people not to do so. People do not know that monotonous eating habits can trigger another disease in the body. For example, excessive eating of beans can over labor the kidneys thereby causing another health challenge.
The fact
Do you know that the carbohydrate content of almost all our regular peas (what we call beans) is more than two times higher than the protein it contains?
Please do well to speak to a Registered Dietitian to individualize your diet.
You can as well contact me for more information.
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