Benefits of Adding Green Beans to Your Daily Food Intake
What are the benefits of adding green beans to your daily food intake?
In this post, I consider the following facts and funs about dwarf beans.
- What are dwarf beans & their origin
- Did you know
- A product of South Africa
- Health Benefits of Green Beans
- A South African Product.
- Pulsus-a Cheap Supply of Protein.
- Me and Beans
Dwarf beans & their origin
Dwarf beans are another name for the French or Common beans.
The belief is that dwarf beans originated in Central America, Peru and Colombia. They have been in cultivation since 7000 BC in the Tehuacán Valley in Mexico, first by the Indian tribes. Christopher Columbus brought them to Europe and from where to the colonies-South Africa and India!
Did you know?
In Nicaragua, newlyweds
are given a bowl of beans for good luck.
In ancient Greece, there was a practice of who
picked a single white bean in a load of black beans won the election for minor
public positions.
January 6 is national beans day in the US the day
the geneticist Gregor Mendel passed away in 1884. That day Americans celebrate
a bean dish.
A South African Product.
Dwarf beans, a staple food in South Africa, are
cultivated and available throughout. It is easy growth in your vegetable
garden during the summer months. If you can afford a tiny spot and a little
time, you can provide your family with a daily supply of this fruit, rich in
nutrients and count on its health benefits. It grows profusely even in a
pot.
Health Benefits of green beans
They are a rich source of Vitamins
A, C and K and of folic acid and fibre.
Beans in your daily diet decrease obesity,
diabetes, and heart disease.
Rich in beta-carotene, an antioxidant that gives
fruits and veg colours.
Helps
fight inflammation, a reliable source of folate and potassium that
helps regulate blood pressure.
A source of protein and fibre, which helps lower
cholesterol.
Boiling beans removes nutrients; eating them fresh
or frozen is the best.
Eat canned beans after draining to remove the salt.
Recommended for fertility in women during the
fertility age.
Help with depression.
Pulses are peas inside the pods dried and are cheap
sources of protein. They have
immense health benefits.
Me and Beans
Before we shifted to Cape Town, we lived in
Grahamstown, where we grew a vegetable garden and harvested green beans and
other vegetables.
This blog is for D in the series of my A2Z, lasting for the entire month and is part of the A2Z Blog chatter challenge.
I love all sorts of beans.
ReplyDeleteMe too. But the best for cooking is French and Dwarf and others are good to dry for pulses.
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