1, bean paste is rich in high-quality protein. When cooking, it can not only increase the nutritional value of dishes, but also produce amino acids from protein under the action of microorganisms, making dishes more delicious.
2. Soybean paste is rich in linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which can supplement essential fatty acids and lower cholesterol, thus reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
3. The fat in bean paste is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and soybean phospholipids, which can maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, strengthen the brain and prevent the formation of fatty liver.
4. Soybean paste contains calcium, zinc, manganese and phospholipids. , is an important component of regulating brain and nerve tissue, and has a brain-strengthening effect of enhancing memory.
Expanding knowledge: the function and efficacy of soybean paste
As a common sauce, soybean paste has two functions: edible function and pharmacological function:
1, edible function
When cooking food, adding a proper amount of bean paste can increase the flavor of food and make the color of food look better, thus increasing people's appetite, stimulating appetite, strengthening the spleen and promoting digestion, and removing annoyance.
2. Pharmacological action
(1) Bean paste is made of broad beans. Protein in broad bean can delay arteriosclerosis, and its dietary fiber can effectively reduce cholesterol and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. Therefore, eating broad beans for the elderly can effectively prevent cardiovascular diseases and delay arteriosclerosis.
(2) The broad beans in the bean paste also contain phospholipids, choline and other components, among which phospholipids are components of nerve tissue, and choline is an indispensable chemical substance for nerve cells to transmit information, so eating the bean paste also has the function of nourishing the brain.
(3) Moderate consumption of bean paste can also clear away heat, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, which has a certain auxiliary effect on diseases such as deficiency of middle qi, fatigue and eating less, and leukorrhagia of women.
In short, bean paste has many functions, but it should be noted that bean paste contains more salt. Patients with hypertension and kidney disease should eat less bean paste, and patients with silkworm disease should not eat bean paste, otherwise it may cause hemolytic reaction.