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Lentils currently cultivated in the Canary Islands have an unbroken local history that reaches back nearly 2,000 years.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

Lentils contain non-heme iron, which is poorly absorbed unless accompanied by food containing vitamin C, all of which the physician left unsaid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Lentils, beans, nuts and fortified cereals like Weet-Bix are good sources of iron and zinc.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2022

Lentils do in fact have a lot going for them, including being packed with protein, cheap and nonperishable.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2020

Lentils are extensively cultivated on the Continent, and are the only kind of these plants the chemistry of which has been at all studied.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir