Benefits of beans
These beans can be harvested before they mature to be used whole fruit with their small green seeds, or when they mature to take advantage of seeds that become larger, and take the shape of kidney, and turns from green to creamy white, both kinds of benefits to the human body.
Benefits of white beans
White beans are foods rich in many essential nutrients. They contain protein, carbohydrates, fiber, and many other elements of vitamins, minerals, and their benefits:
- Regulates the storage of fat by helping to produce alpha-amylase, so it is good food for the dieters, especially as they contain good amounts of fiber, in addition to proteins that need longer than other substances to digest, and thus give a feeling of fullness.
- Improve heart health, as it is suitable for pregnant women, they contain folic acid that prevents fetal deformation.
- It protects against cancer. Like other legumes, it contains antioxidants that rid the body of free radicals.
- Helps digestion, protects against constipation, and colitis.
- Reduces cholesterol in the blood by containing melted fiber and folic acid.
- Maintains a moderate level of blood sugar.
- Helps improve brain function, as it is rich in vitamin K, which contributes to the production of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
Benefits of green beans
Green beans contain calcium, fiber, vitamin C, vitamin B complex, iron, and many other important elements, and the benefits it provides to the body:
- Strengthen immunity by containing vitamin C, especially against colds, asthma, skin diseases, and allergies.
- Maintaining the health of the heart and arteries, they contribute to the expansion of blood vessels, lowering blood pressure.
- Strengthening the blood, it contains iron, vitamin C is important for absorption, folic acid is important in the red blood cells ripening.
- Strengthening bones and maintaining them, they contain calcium, and vitamin K, which contribute to bone building.
- Maintain blood capacity to clot, thus reducing the risk of bleeding.
- Calming the nerves.
- Diuretic, and thus address the problem of fluid retention suffered by heart patients, kidneys and others.
- Also, boiled plant flowers are used in the treatment of gout, kidney stones, and renal colic.