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Volume 2, Number 1 – Dry Beans in 2010 Dietary Guidelines

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References

Dry Beans Recommended as ‘Food to Increase’ In Recently Published Dietary Guidelines

  1. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010, www.dietaryguidelines.gov.
  2. Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, USDA/USHHS, May 2010.
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