<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1154b8a2-6047-43eb-855a-d3ed22a0d6c4/9F6D2246-10C9-46B1-8F44-13889663D18C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.elements4health.com/lentils.html" href="http://www.elements4health.com/lentils.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.elements4health.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.elements4health.com/lentils.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.elements4health.com/img/664A7DFD-7D0E-4366-8FF2-D0F9297BCF7A" alt="lentils" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.elements4health.com/lentils.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV><STRONG>Antioxidants</STRONG> Lentils are one of the highest sources of antioxidants found in winter growing legumes.</DIV> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.elements4health.com/lentils.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV><STRONG>Protein</STRONG> With over a quarter of their nutritional content made up of protein, lentils are a huge protein provider, giving the body what it needs to <STRONG>build new cells and repair any damaged tissues.</STRONG></DIV> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.elements4health.com/lentils.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV><STRONG>Diabetes</STRONG> Diabetics may be interested to know that the soluble fiber in lentils traps carbohydrates. 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