White kidney bean seeds have a variety of shapes, kidney-shaped, oval, flat, cylindrical and spherical, etc.; there are also a variety of colors, such as white, black, black and purple, green and miscellaneous with mottled, etc.; it is a valuable edible beans commonly used in Western cuisine. The grains are fat, neat and glossy, which can be used as a side dish, and are famous both at home and abroad.

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Main value

Brue beans are rich in nutrition. According to measurements, each 100 grams of kidney beans contain 23.1 grams of protein, 1.3 grams of fat, 56.9 grams of carbohydrates, carotene 0.24 mg, calcium 160 mg, phosphorus 410 mg, iron 7.3 mg and rich in B vitamins, fresh beans are also rich in vitamin C.

The kidney beans are large and full of grains, the texture of the fine, rich in sandy, and a variety of ways to eat, can be boiled or stewed, as a bean stuffing, bean paste, do soup dishes, roasted meat, making a variety of food. Do soup dishes, roast meat, canned food or cold drinks, pastries, sweets and snacks are suitable.

White kidney beans are common in countries around the world, a kind of edible beans, in our provinces and regions are planted. White kidney beans are not only rich in nutritional value, but also has a high medicinal and health care value, is China's traditional medicinal food.

Modern scientific research shows that the white kidney bean extract contains high activity of α-amylase inhibiting substances, the chemical composition of a complex glycoprotein, foreign countries called "starch blocker", which means "starch absorption blocker. "

At present, the starch blocker is a compound glycoprotein.

At present, the domestic development of a white kidney bean serum products, can inhibit the role of α-amylase, block starch decomposition, reduce glucose absorption, thereby reducing the postprandial glucose, reduce insulin secretion, reduce fat synthesis and other effects.

It can effectively cooperate with the dietary treatment of diabetic patients and dieters, so that they can eat full meals and eliminate hunger, while postprandial blood glucose is not high and weight gain.

The medicinal value of kidney beans is very high. China's ancient medical records, taste sweet and flat, with a warm middle and lower qi, li intestines and stomach, stop eruption, benefit the kidneys and tonic Yuan and other functions, is a nourishing therapeutic good. Kidney beans also have a sedative effect on the treatment of cold eruption, stomach cold vomiting, bruises, wheezing and coughing, lumbago, neuralgia have a certain degree of efficacy.

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