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"Poltos" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Poltos and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 14#Poltos until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 08:22, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Phytohaemagglutinin?

This toxic substance is present in many beans and must be eliminated by cooking the beans before consumption. Is it present in other legumes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.202.33.17 (talk) 16:13, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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"pulse"

An etymology for "pulses" would be nice. And where does that strange word, unusual in everyday use, suddenly come from. --BjKa (talk) 07:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

History section

It strikes me as odd that the first mention of the Americas references the US, whereas beans have been a staple within the Americans since well before the colonisation. I don’t know nearly enough about American legumes to do this myself, but hopefully someone else is willing to edit the history section to broaden its scope. Heavenly Spoon (talk) 09:54, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I've cut some of the soybean stuff, and added a bit about beans more generally. The section is still poorly-structured and unbalanced, but a bit better than it was. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:53, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: LNGN 460

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— Assignment last updated by Etesen67 (talk) 14:45, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recommendations

My edits about food recommendations have been reverted by @Chiswick Chap. This is surprising to me because I think public health recommendations about various food items are important information about them. Multiple other Wikipedia pages (e.g. nut (fruit), fruit, poultry) on similar topics do contain information about recommendations or health effects. vegetable even has a whole recommendations section.

While at a superficial look, these public health recommendations may seem like "opinions and institutions" and not factual; in fact, they are always backed by tons of research and as WP:MEDORG puts it: "Statements and information from reputable major medical and scientific bodies may be valuable encyclopedic sources.". And since these recommendations very often mention legumes as a healthy food (as evidenced by its mentions on healthy diet), I think mentioning it in this article would also be an improvement. Bendegúz Ács (talk) 20:58, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks fir discussing. I do think the article is far better off without such things. A bare recommendation from this or that institution says nothing: somebody thinks it is good. The reader gets no clue as to why. The rest of the article instead says exactly what legumes contain, and all the other real biology. That's how it should be. It's enough without the clutter. Chiswick Chap (talk) 00:08, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]