The many useful properties of green beans are reflected in folk medicine, where a legume plant is used to treat many diseases. This product with juicy leaves has long been known to those people who follow rational proper nutrition and their health.
The biochemical composition of green beans, the beneficial properties of the components
The key to the beneficial effects of beans on the body lies in its unique composition saturated with nutrients and microelements. It includes:
1. Folic acid - takes part in stabilizing the hormonal background of the female body, therefore it is recommended for pregnant women, women during menopause and teenage girls.
2. Iron, molybdenum - substances that normalize the functioning of the respiratory system, as well as improve the condition of the blood and help the body cope with anemia.
3. Copper in the composition reduces the likelihood of developing arthritis, diseases of the ligaments and joints.
4. Magnesium helps to combat the constantly present fatigue, it is recommended during stressful periods, during moments of nervous strain and exhaustion, as well as to combat migraine attacks and relieve asthma symptoms.
5. Sulfur increases the strength of the body and the speed of recovery after the transfer of infectious diseases of the intestine.
6. Zinc - an element necessary to improve the carbohydrate metabolism.
7. Potassium improves the activity of the cardiovascular system as a whole, has a beneficial effect on the heart, prevents the onset and development of heart disease, and normalizes blood pressure.
Fiber-rich beans are ideal for diabetics and those who are obese. Fiber of plant origin contained in beans effectively removes food debris, harmful substances, waste and other elements that are not suitable for the body from the digestive system.
The benefits of beans include a perfectly balanced composition, which includes easily digestible proteins and complex carbohydrates. Proteins are elements for restoring and building body cells, and carbohydrates are activators of human performance.
The composition also includes:
• vitamin complex of pantothenic and ascorbic acids;
• vitamin PP;
• riboflavin;
• tocopherol;
• thiamine;
• pyridoxine;
• silicon;
• iodine;
• selenium;
• phosphorus.
With such a set of components, beans not only satisfactorily and quickly satisfy hunger, but also bring great benefits to the body.
The use of green beans, useful properties of the product
The human body, in need of a particular trace element or mineral, can draw them from beans. Bob is able to have a positive effect on various organs and systems of the human body:
1. Using beans normalizes the functioning of the digestive tract. Saturated with fiber, famous for its enveloping effect, the composition is ideally perceived by the intestines.
2. Low calorie content, namely 30 kcal per 100g of beans, is an important advantage of beans. It is included in the diet by people who are actively fighting overweight, adhering to a healthy diet and just watching their figure. However, calorie values directly depend on the method of preparation of beans, so they can vary.
3. The saturation of the body with energy and strength is the main goal of beans. With their arrival, fatigue, drowsiness, loss of strength and other similar problems disappearing for no reason.
4. Suitable for the diet of people with diabetes. It is useful for diabetics due to the substance arginine, which has properties similar to insulin. It is also able to control blood sugar and provide a basic level of glucose in the body of even healthy people.
5. Has a body-strengthening, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory effect.
6. Benefits for the male and female body. Men with regular use of beans will be able to avoid problems with the prostate and get a positive effect on potency, and women will relieve menopause symptoms.
7. Strengthening immunity and increasing the protective abilities of the body. String beans helps the body cope with germs, viruses, and infections during colds.
8. Strengthening the heart muscle, giving elasticity to the vessels and thickening of their walls. Prevention of diseases such as stroke, heart attack.
9. Beans - a natural antidepressant that can increase mental and physical stamina.
Can green beans cause harm to the body?
Studying the useful properties of a product, it seems that it is perfect, and there can be no question of any harmful properties. But any product, including green beans, may have contraindications. However, it is string beans that do not do much harm to the body.
1. Possible individual intolerance to the product or its components, as well as the appearance of an allergic reaction to the product.
2. People with chronic and severe diseases of the stomach or intestines should not lean on legumes.
3. Beans cause bloating and discomfort during this process. To avoid this, you need to boil the beans, draining the first water.
4. Beans should not be consumed or significantly limit the amount of consumption to people who have problems with the retention of salts in the body.
Also, do not pay attention to the legume to people with chronic or exacerbated diseases:
• gastritis with high acidity;
• acute stage of pancreatitis;
• cholecystitis;
• stomach ulcer;
• pricks;
• intestinal dysfunction.
To a great extent, harm to the body is caused by improperly prepared beans. It is strictly forbidden to eat raw bean because of the content of the toxic substance feazin, which causes poisoning, damages the intestinal mucosa and interferes with the normal functioning of the stomach. To bean was harmless, it must be cooked for at least an hour and a half before being added to dishes or medicines.
String beans - a benefit in folk treatment
In home and folk treatment, most often used dried or fresh bean shell - pods. Based on them, decoctions, potions, teas are prepared. The effectiveness of such drinks when adding other medicinal plants increases.
Bean pods are used at home to enhance the diuretic effect in the presence of tissue swelling, with kidney and urolithiasis, pain in the bladder, gout. In combination with blueberry leaves, the pods can be boiled to enhance the effect of reducing sugar.
Beans themselves are the main ingredient in the treatment of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, rheumatism, to eliminate dropsy of various nature and origin.
Tea from leaflets is effective for removing urinary sand and stones. Mixtures for the treatment of eczema and skin diseases, rashes and other problems can be prepared on the basis of fresh leaves.
