Efficacy of mung bean
1, antibacterial effect
Mung beans have antibacterial and bacteriostatic effects. Some components in mung bean have direct antibacterial effect. It indirectly exerts antibacterial effect by improving immune function.
2. Hypolipidemic effect
The results showed that the structure of phytosterol contained in mung bean was similar to that of cholesterol, and phytosterol competed with cholesterol for esterifying enzyme, so that it could not be esterified, thus reducing the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine, and reducing the serum cholesterol content by promoting the alienation of cholesterol in the liver and/or preventing the biosynthesis of cholesterol.
In addition, soybean globulin has been proved to have the effect of lowering serum cholesterol, and whether mung bean globulin has the same effect is worth discussing.
3. Antitumor effect
Some experiments have found that mung beans have a certain preventive effect on lung cancer and liver cancer induced by morphine and sodium nitrite in mice.
4. Detoxification
Mung beans are rich in protein, and raw green soybean milk soaked in raw mung beans has a high protein content, which can protect gastrointestinal mucosa if taken orally.
5. Others
Sweating at high temperature will make the body lose a lot of minerals and vitamins, leading to internal environment disorder. Mung beans are rich in inorganic salts and vitamins. Drinking mung bean soup in high temperature environment can replenish the lost nutrients in time and achieve the therapeutic effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.
Mung bean purchase
1, to identify whether mung beans are fresh. When selecting mung beans, we must pay attention to selecting mung beans without mildew, moth and deterioration. Fresh mung beans should be bright green, and old mung beans will turn yellow.
2. Identify whether mung beans are polluted. See if mung beans are polluted, first, whether mung beans are dry and wrinkled, and second, whether mung beans have irritating chemical odor.
3. Mung beans with symmetrical size, no impurities and no bug eyes are high-quality mung beans; Inferior mung beans contain a lot of impurities such as sand and gravel, and most of them are susceptible to moisture and mildew. You can feel the moisture when you put your hand into the mung bean pocket.
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