What types of beans are there? An introduction to common bean varieties

Types of beans include soybean, broad bean, pea, mung bean, common bean, adzuki bean, black bean, red bean, and more.

Nutrition of beans:

Beans are rich in nutrients, and eating beans regularly can help reduce fat content and boost immunity. But different beans have different benefits, for example:

1. Red bean can tonify the heart and promote urination, help relieve alcohol intoxication and detoxify, and has a certain therapeutic effect on heart disease, kidney disease, and edema. Red bean also contains relatively more dietary fiber and has good effects in lubricating the intestines and promoting bowel movements, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, regulating blood sugar, fighting cancer, and aiding weight loss.

2. Mung bean is sweet in flavor and cool in nature, has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, can help the body excrete toxins, and can lower cholesterol, protect the liver, and fight allergies.

3. Soybean can tonify the spleen and promote metabolism, has an auxiliary dietary therapeutic effect on conditions such as diarrhea and abdominal bloating, is an ideal food for patients with high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, obesity, diabetes, and more, and also helps delay aging.

4. White kidney bean contains saponins and various globulins, among others, and can improve human immunity and prevent respiratory diseases. Black bean can promote the kidneys' excretion of toxins and has a strong effect in tonifying and nourishing the kidneys and in invigorating blood and moisturizing the skin.

The lecithin rich in beans is also an effective component for lowering cholesterol, softening blood vessels, and regulating blood lipids. So eating beans has a very good health-care effect, and whether elderly people or children, they can all consume them appropriately.