"King of beans" is not an empty name, Chinese medicine, modern scientific research on it have a lot of good comments.
Black beans are the black seeds of the legume soybean, a variety of soybeans, it is the same nutrients and soybeans, soybeans, but the protein and iron content is higher, in addition, there are fats, carbohydrates, carotenoids, vitamins B1, B2, and niacin and other nutrients, but also the best source of isoflavones. Isoflavones have the effect of promoting calcium absorption, it can also improve osteoporosis symptoms.
It has been reported that Japanese scientists have found in clinical trials that black beans have a blood pressure-lowering effect. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that black beans detoxify the kidneys and have the function of diuretic, treating colds and activating the blood. Perhaps for this reason, black beans have been regarded as a good food and medicine.
Currently in the market can be seen in a variety of black bean food, such as black bean milk, black bean wine, in Japan more popular black bean coffee, I heard also appeared black bean sausage, black bean ice cream, black bean noodles, black bean yogurt.
As a health food, after the disease, the body can be used to drink black beans boiled water, morning and evening once, generally eat a week that is to see the effect of recovery; is developing children eat twice a day, black bean paste can promote growth; the general public can be black beans Duchenne stewed pig's tails or black bean puree steamed pork ribs and tonic kidney and lumbar and knee.
Black beans are also rich in iron, vitamin E ... and other beauty effects. The benefits of black beans are really more than enough to the family less than loaded, in the end, how to eat black beans in order to achieve the best health effects?
Black beans are not suitable for raw food, especially those with poor gastrointestinal function, easy to have flatulence, and even serious intestinal obstruction. In addition, raw black beans also contain pancreatic protein enzyme inhibitors, will reduce the absorption of protein, utilization; hemoglobin will inhibit the growth; goitre will reduce the absorption of iodine, resulting in thyroid insufficiency and enlargement; however, these components are not conducive to health, as long as the cooking and heating or processing, it will be destroyed, so it is best to choose to eat cooked black beans, or to eat grinded black soybean powder, black soybean processed goods such as black soybean milk, black soybean paste.
But be careful not to eat too much. Because when the body's soy protein intake is too much, it will make the normal iron absorption decreased by 90%, in the long run, easy to cause iron deficiency anemia.
Any food that has been processed should be consumed as soon as possible, and black beans are no exception. If you can't eat them for a while, you can store them in the refrigerator in a clean, sealed container, but you should also eat them as soon as possible.