Nutritional value of black bean sprouts

Black bean sprouts, also often called black bean seedlings, are tender seedlings of black beans that sprout under certain conditions, which are tender and tough in taste and are a very nutritious plant food.

The nutritional value of black bean seedlings

The nutritional value of vegetables follows the law of dark to light color, the darker the color the higher the value, so the nutritional value of black bean sprouts is higher than that of soy bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts. Black bean sprouts are rich in amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium and other minerals and essential vitamins B1, B2, C and niacin.

Weight loss

Black bean sprouts sprouted into black bean sprouts, the content of carbohydrates and fat is greatly reduced, while the content of vitamins and fiber is greatly increased. Black bean sprouts can be considered a 4-star diet food with very low unit calories, containing less than 1 gram of fat per 100 grams, making a dish of cold black bean sprouts can be used as an evening meal for weight loss.

Beauty and skin care

Black bean sprouts are rich in amino acids, carotenoids and various vitamins B1, B2, B12 and other nutrients required by the human body, and most importantly, black bean sprouts are also rich in soy isoflavones, which have antioxidant and free radical inhibiting effects; in addition, soy isoflavones have estrogen-like effects, which have a two-way regulation of estrogen secretion levels, thus playing a beauty effect.

Lower blood lipids

Black beans are rich in amino acids, fiber, carotene, melanin, various minerals and a variety of vitamins, as well as soy flavonoids, soy saponin and bean phytosterols and other components, these components, not because the black beans into black bean sprouts and disappear, on the contrary, some of the nutrients in the black bean sprouts also increased. Among them, the bean phytosterols can inhibit the production of endogenous cholesterol and the absorption of exogenous cholesterol, and increase the excretion of cholesterol, thus having the effect of lowering blood lipids.

Home hair method of black bean seedlings

First buy the black beans and soak them in warm water for 24 hours. During this period, take a large beverage bottle, tie a few eyes in the bottom of the bottle, then cut off the mouth of the bottle, the whole bottle is cylindrical. Then put the soaked black beans in it and pour water 2-3 times a day. It is best to keep the room temperature around 20°C when soaking bean sprouts, and cover the bottle with a cloth, otherwise the sprouts sent out will be very old and taste bad. This way about two days or so, the black beans slowly sprouted a little bit of small sprouts. Take out the bean sprouts for consumption when they are no more than one centimeter long. This is because this is when the black bean sprouts have the highest nutritional value. If you want long sprouts, you can continue to water and soak them for about a week.