Chickpeas are a good source of manganese, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and vitamins K and A. All of these are important for bone growth, bone mineralization, and the production of collagen.We all know how important calcium is for our bone health and chickpeas contain plenty of it. But maybe even more importantly, chickpeas are packed with magnesium, which is the other mineral that our body uses to build bones. And to help maintain bone structure, chickpeas also contains manganese, zinc and vitamin K. Additionally, vitamin K helps to improve calcium absorption and iron and zinc are important to produce and mature collagen, an important protein to support bone health and the health of cartilages.
