Harm of mung bean and coix seed

With the improvement of living standards, people are becoming more and more particular about the food they eat. After eating too many exquisite dishes, eating some coarse grains occasionally is beneficial to people's health. Mung bean and coix seed are relatively common coarse grains. Mung bean and coix seed porridge can clear away heat and detoxify, and it is a health-preserving porridge. Although mung bean and coix seed are good, they are not suitable for some people to eat. For example, pregnant women and postpartum women are not suitable for eating mung bean and coix seed porridge.

Taboos of mung bean and barley porridge

Mung bean and coix seed porridge is a porridge made with mung bean and coix seed in a ratio of 1:1. It combines the nutrition and efficacy of mung bean and coix seed, but also pays attention to the taboos of mung bean and coix seed. For example, mung bean cannot be cooked in an iron pot and coix seed should not be eaten by pregnant women. So what are the taboos of mung bean and barley porridge? Let’s take a look at it together below.

1. Because coix seed will make the body cold and weak, people with weak and cold constitution are not suitable for long-term consumption of mung bean and coix seed porridge, so pregnant women and women who are menstruating should avoid eating mung bean and coix seed porridge.

2. The sugar contained in coix seed is highly viscous, so eating too much mung bean and coix seed porridge may hinder digestion.

3. Although coix seed has the function of lowering blood lipids and blood sugar, it is only a health food after all and cannot be used as a medicine.

4. Do not cook mung beans in an iron pot. Mung beans contain elemental tannin, which will produce black tannin iron when it meets iron under high temperature conditions, which will be harmful to the human body after drinking.

5. Mung beans are cold in nature. People with yang deficiency, cold spleen and stomach, and diarrhea should eat them with caution. It is generally not suitable for consumption in winter.

6. When taking medicine, especially warm tonic medicine, you should not eat mung bean and coix seed porridge to avoid reducing the efficacy of the medicine.

7. The mung beans in mung bean and barley porridge should not be cooked too soft, so as to avoid the destruction of organic acids and vitamins, which will reduce the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.

Nutritional value of mung bean and barley porridge

Mung bean and barley porridge is rich in nutritional value. The nutritional value of mung bean and barley porridge comes not only from mung beans, but also from barley. Mung beans are high in calories, and are also relatively high in carbohydrates, protein, dietary fiber, and minerals. Job's tears have a more comprehensive range of nutrients, and the content is considerable. Among them, the content of protein, vitamin B1 and fat is far higher than that of rice. Let’s take a closer look at the nutritional value of mung bean and barley porridge.

1. The protein and phospholipids contained in mung beans have the function of stimulating nerves and increasing appetite, which is necessary for increasing nutrition for many important organs of the body;

2. Job's tears are rich in protein, oil, vitamins, minerals and sugars. They have the functions of whitening and removing spots, and are especially effective for people with edema in the lower body.

3. Mung beans contain a kind of globulin and polysaccharide, which can promote the decomposition of cholesterol in the animal body into bile acid in the liver, accelerate the secretion of bile salts in bile and reduce the absorption of cholesterol in the small intestine;

4. Mung beans are rich in trypsin inhibitors, which can protect the liver, reduce protein decomposition, and thus protect the kidneys.

5. The polysaccharide components in mung beans can enhance the activity of serum lipoproteinase, hydrolyze triglycerides in lipoprotein to achieve the effect of lowering blood lipids, thereby preventing and treating coronary heart disease and angina pectoris;

6. Job's tears are rich in water-soluble fiber, which can absorb bile salts (responsible for digesting fat), thereby reducing the intestinal absorption rate of fat, thereby reducing blood fat and blood sugar.

7. The coix seed fat contained in coix can prevent the growth and damage of cancer cells, and can effectively prevent and fight cancer.

8. Job's tears are rich in vitamin E, which can help eliminate spots and make the skin white. If consumed for a long time, it can also moisturize the skin. ...

The efficacy and function of mung bean and barley porridge

Mung bean and barley porridge is a nutritious and healthy porridge. Its nutritional value is unquestionable, but the nutritional value of mung beans is already very rich, including protein, dietary fiber, carbohydrates and minerals, etc., and the content is abundant, not to mention the more comprehensive nutritional components of barley. Mung bean and barley porridge has high nutritional value, so what are the effects and functions of mung bean and barley porridge? Let’s take a look at it together below.

1. Promote metabolism: Mung bean and barley porridge can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body, has diuretic and anti-edema effects, and can help defecation.

2. Prevent cardiovascular diseases: Mung bean and barley porridge can lower blood cholesterol and triglycerides, and prevent hyperlipidemia, hypertension, stroke, cardiovascular disease and heart disease.

3. Lowering blood lipids: Mung bean and barley porridge is rich in water-soluble fiber, which can absorb bile salts (responsible for digesting fat), thereby reducing the intestinal absorption rate of fat, thereby lowering blood lipids and blood sugar.

4. Prevent and resist cancer: Mung bean and barley porridge contains coix seed, which can prevent the growth and damage of cancer cells.

5. Whitening skin: Mung bean and barley porridge is rich in vitamin E, which can help eliminate spots and make the skin white. If you drink it for a long time, it can also moisturize the skin.

6. Weight loss: Job's tears has the highest fiber content among cereals and is low in fat and calories, making it the best staple food for weight loss. It is also rich in protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates. It has the function of whitening and removing spots, and is especially effective for people with edema in the lower body.