Eating mung beans in moderation can make the body absorb nutrients relatively stably, which has a positive effect on maintaining health and enhancing physical fitness.
Nutritional components of mung beans
Mung beans have high nutritional value. Every 100g mung bean contains 3 19 calories, protein 2 1.6g, fat 0.8g, carbohydrate 62g, dietary fiber 6.4g, vitamin A 22g, carotene 130g, vitamin B 0.36mg, nicotinic acid 787mg and vitamin e 65438.
Nutritional value of mung bean
1, the protein content of mung bean is 22-26%, which is 2.3 times that of wheat flour, 2.7 times that of millet, 3 times that of corn flour and 3.2 times that of rice. The content of eight essential amino acids in mung bean protein is 2-5 times that of cereals, and the whole protein is rich in amino acids, tryptophan, lysine, leucine and threonine. Therefore, mung beans are eaten with rice and millet, and amino acids can complement each other.
2. Mung beans contain about 50% starch, second only to cereals, in which amylose accounts for 29% and amylopectin accounts for 765,438+0%. The cellulose content in mung beans is relatively high, generally 3-4%, while that in cereals is only 1-2%.
3. The fat content in mung beans is low, generally below 1%, mainly unsaturated fatty acids such as palmitic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid.
4. Mung beans are rich in B vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, among which vitamin B 1 is 7.5 times that of chicken, vitamin B2 is 2-4 times that of cereal and higher than pork, milk, chicken and fish, calcium is 4 times that of cereal, 7 times that of chicken, iron is 4 times that of chicken, and phosphorus is that of cereal and pork, chicken and fish.
5. Mung beans contain coumarin, alkaloids, phytosterols, saponins and other bioactive substances.
Edible efficacy of mung bean
1. Clearing heat and relieving summer heat: People who work in high temperature environment in summer sweat a lot, lose a lot of water and fluid, and the electrolyte balance in the body is destroyed. Cooking soup with mung beans is the most ideal method, which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, replenish qi to quench thirst, induce diuresis, replenish water and inorganic salts in time, and is of great significance to maintaining the balance of water-liquid electrolyte.
2. Detoxification: In case of organophosphorus pesticide poisoning, lead poisoning, alcoholism (drunkenness) or taking the wrong medicine, you can first fill a bowl of mung bean soup for emergency treatment and then send it to the hospital for emergency treatment. People who often work in a toxic environment or come into contact with toxic substances should often eat mung beans to detoxify and protect their health. Regular consumption of mung beans can supplement nutrition and enhance physical strength.
3, lipid-lowering effect: mung bean powder has a significant lipid-lowering effect, because mung bean contains a globulin and polysaccharide, which can promote the decomposition of cholesterol in animals into cholic acid in the liver, accelerate the secretion of bile salts in bile, and reduce the absorption of cholesterol in the small intestine.
4. Inhibition of allergic reactions: The effective components of mung beans have anti-allergic effects, which can help treat allergic reactions such as urticaria and inhibit staphylococci.
5, increase appetite: protein and phospholipids contained in mung beans can excite nerves and increase appetite.
6. Protect the kidney: Mung beans are rich in trypsin inhibitors, which can protect the liver and reduce protein decomposition and azotemia, thus protecting the kidney.