chickpeas make for a healthy diet option for many vegetarians and vegans alike! While the larger light-colored chickpeas have a smooth coat, the smaller darker-colored black chickpeas have a rough covering. The black chickpeas have higher fiber content and low glycemic index, which makes them suitable for diabetes-friendly diets as well.

Being low in fat, high in dietary fiber and rich in vitamins and minerals, black chickpeas can indeed be a healthy addition to your diet. Two to three tablespoons of these legumes are equivalent to one portion of the daily recommended five portions of fruits and vegetables.

BENIFITS

fiber fills up your stomach, making you feel satiated for longer and curbs hunger cravings. Drinking water boiled with chickpeas helps in reducing appetite. Thus, consuming legumes like black chickpeas can be more effective in weight loss than simply cutting calories.

Folate improves heart health by lowering homocysteine levels and thereby thus minimizing the risk of narrowing of arteries by plaque formation, blood clots, heart attacks, and strokes.

Daily consumption of around ¾ cup of chickpeas helps to decrease LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol.

The soluble fiber contained in black chickpeas reaches the colon where it is broken down by the bacteria into short-chain fatty acids which are absorbed by the colon cells and used for energy. This enables the colon cells to stay healthy and reduces the risk of cancer, particularly colon cancer.