Lentils
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And remember ye said: “O Moses! we cannot endure one kind of food (always); so beseech thy Lord for us to produce for us of what the earth groweth, -its pot-herbs, and cucumbers, Its garlic, lentils, and onions.”
Lentil is a plant belonging to the legume cornea, its seeds are used as food for humans. The original habitat of the lentils is Asia, such as Southwest Asia. It also grows in the Nile Basin countries, particularly Egypt and Sudan. It is also found in southern Europe and parts of the United States. In the Levant.
The seeds of the lentils are brown in color and tend to be slightly red, with gray and black color. Lentils are not more than 13 millimeters long and lentils have two equal sizes.
The nutritional value of lentils
Lentil contains a few calories, and dietary fiber useful for the digestive system, and also contains carbohydrate materials, and the lentils do not contain the harmful cholesterol, and involve in the components of lentils fatty acids and amino acids by a good proportion of the high proportion of water, and also contains folic acid, sugary substances, and some essential vitamins such as: vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, and vitamin K.
Lentils also contain some beneficial nutrients such as iron, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and zinc, and contain a particular molybdenum compound that converts nutrients into energy.
Benefits of lentils
There are many benefits to lentils, including:
- Strengthens the immunity of the body and protects it from certain diseases such as: Influenza diseases, diseases of infection especially in the winter.
- Maintains bone health, strengthens it, and protects its fragility.
- Strengthens teeth and protects them from caries, protects them from inflammation, and relieves gum infections as well.
- Protects the heart from diseases that may affect it, and prevents heart attacks and heart attacks.
- It works to strengthen and stimulate the nervous system and the presence of vitamin b.
- Lentil helps to facilitate digestion.
- Increases the strength of pregnant women to preserve their fetus from birth defects.
- Achieves a sense of fullness; so it helps in losing weight.
- Lentils treat anemia; it contains iron.
- Helps to expel toxins and parasites from the body.
- Lentils are a natural diuretic of urine.
- Maintains visual strength and protects eye lens.
- Protects skin from many diseases and delays signs of aging;
- Prevents constipation and protects against indigestion.