He also eats more salads and tomatoes, green peas, lentils, beans and other vegetables, she said.

In Italy many people make a ritual out of eating lentils.

"My kitchen is overtaxed and you must eat lentils with the pilgrims," said the landlord.

Most of all desperate to stop eating lentils, French bread and tomatoes.

"You have the sense when you eat lentils that this must be healthy for you," he added.

I walked, stared at mountains, ate rice and lentils (with minimal stomach problems), wrote in my journal, slept.

Unless you'd rather eat mutton and lentils for the next several days.

Many Indians typically eat lentils several times a day, using them for several components of a meal.

Humans started eating lentils before they invented ceramics.