Garbanzos

Remember my post a while back about my love affair with hummus? Well, I'm on another hummus kick, so I decided to find out what exactly is in garbanzo beans/chick peas. I'm sure it's the combination of everything in the hummus that give it its appeal, but I'm also just as sure that this craving of mine has a lot to do with my body needing something that's in the beans themselves. Here is what I found out (see the link for all the details, including graphs):

Garbanzo Beans/Chick Peas are -

• Low in saturated fat (2% Daily Value)
• Very low in cholesterol (0% DV)
• Very low in sodium (0% DV)--assuming we don't add a lot of salt to them
  
• High in fiber (of course) (50% DV)
• High in iron (26% DV)
• Have a glycemic load of only 17--the total target per day is 100
• Good source of protein (15 g per serving)
• Good source of copper
• Very good source of folate, the natural form of folic acid (70.5% DV)
  
• Very good source of manganese (84.5 % DV)
• Have an amino acid score of 106--a score of 100 or higher indicates a complete or high-quality protein

So, really, what's not to love about garbanzos?