Soybean, also known as vegetable soybean, is a vegetable soybean specially used for fresh and tender pods in soybean crops. Soybean is a fresh soybean with pods. Soybean is an annual crop with thick, hard and capillary stems. Its pods are flat and have fine hairs on them, so people call it soybean. When fresh, the pods are tender and green, and the green is lovely.
Soybeans contain about 20% fat and 40% protein. It is also rich in vitamins and nutrients. Besides being eaten directly, it can also be used as sauce, soy sauce and various legumes. Stems, leaves, soybean meal and coarse soybean meal are used as fertilizers and excellent livestock feed. Soybean pods have been cultivated for more than 5000 years. Have a plate of edamame and drink a little beer when eating. It tastes very good and is rich in edamame fiber, which is very good for human body.
The dietary fiber content of tender soybean is as high as 4.0%, while the fiber content of celery stalk, which has always been regarded as the fiber champion, is only 1.2%. Other well-known high-fiber vegetables, such as kale, spinach, amaranth, broccoli and leek, contain 1.6%, 1.7%, 1.8%, 1.6% and/kloc-respectively. From this point of view, edamame deserves to be the fiber champion in vegetables.
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Edible efficacy
1, improve human metabolism: the fat content in edamame is obviously higher than other kinds of vegetables, but most of them are unsaturated fatty acids, which can improve fat metabolism and help reduce triglycerides and cholesterol in human body.
2, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis: soybeans are also rich in dietary fiber, which can not only improve constipation, but also help lower blood pressure and cholesterol.
3, increase appetite: the potassium content in edamame is very high, and it is often eaten in summer, which helps to make up for the loss of potassium due to excessive sweating, thus alleviating fatigue and loss of appetite caused by potassium loss.
4. Iron supplement: The iron in edamame is easily absorbed and can be used as one of the foods for children to supplement iron.
5. Prevention of osteoporosis: Soybean contains trace flavonoids, especially soybean isoflavones, which are called natural phytoestrogens, and have estrogenic effects in human body, which can improve female menopause discomfort and prevent osteoporosis.
6, beauty and weight loss: edamame has the effect of beauty and moisturizing, effectively improving loss of appetite and general burnout. Soybean is rich and balanced in nutrition and contains beneficial active ingredients. If it is eaten regularly, it will play a significant role in keeping women slim.
7. Lowering blood fat: Soybeans contain compounds that can remove fat from blood vessel walls, thus lowering blood fat and cholesterol in the blood; Can be used for the prevention and adjuvant treatment of obesity, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and other diseases.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-edamame