Your dinner can be made more useful.
Want a hearty dinner and not get better? Prepare lobio, a stew of lentils or a salad of green peas.
What is the use?
All legumes contain many b vitamins, necessary for normal functioning of the nervous system, healthy skin and hair. In addition, under the skins of legumes has potassium which strengthens the heart muscle and helps control blood pressure.
Found in legumes and beta-carotene, which is essential for sharp vision and the health of the mucous membranes. However, we must remember that beta-carotene is absorbed only in the presence of fats, so, in order to allow your body to this vitamin, simmer soups, cook stews, and salads with green peas, fill up with vegetable oil or sour cream.
But especially helpful are the vegetarian beans. The fact that legumes are the Champions among the plants protein content. So if you gave up meat, do not be lazy to prepare meals from the beans, beans, peas or lentils.
Not only vitamins!
We must not forget that all legumes contain a lot of fiber. On the one hand, this dignity. Indeed, thanks to the abundance of dietary fiber legumes reduce the level of harmful cholesterol in the blood and prevent the development of diabetes. So, the experts conducted a comparison of diets containing large (over 20 g per 1000 kcal) and small (less than 10 g/1000 kcal) dietary fiber, showed that vysokoprochnaja diet reduces the rise of glucose after meals at 13-21% and the level of harmful cholesterol in the blood by 8 to 16%.
But a large number of fiber is a downside. Because of the rough dietary fiber beans, beans and peas are getting heavy food, so they are not recommended for people with a sick stomach. And even the healthy dishes of beans or peas can cause unpleasant effects – no wonder the pea soup is called “music”.
Which is better?
Beans. Among all the inhabitants of the pods, these are the most satisfying. The whole thing in a large amount of vegetable protein. But calories in beans quite a bit.
Peas. One of the few hypoallergenic vegetables. That is why in the form of puree, it is often included in baby food.
Beans. Can claim the title of the elixir of youth. Scientists from the USA conducted a study to find out which products are the most rich in antioxidants. First place in the ranking went to red beans!
Lentils. This is truly a female vegetable! One serving of lentils contains up to 90% of the daily value of folic acid, so it is very useful for the reproductive health of the beautiful half of humanity.
