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The weather is getting hotter and hotter, many friends in this hot and humid environment is easy to feel heavy head, chest tightness, fatigue, loss of appetite, irritability and other discomfort, in terms of diet, you can drink some mung bean soup to cool off.
Mung beans are very nutritious, rich in protein, polyphenols, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus and iron and other minerals, not only can clear heat, cool down, but also diuretic and stabilize blood pressure, so drink some mung bean soup in the summer to cool down.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > green and red mung bean soup, which one is the most cool? </h1>
Careful people will find that when you cook mung bean soup, sometimes it is green, sometimes it is red, what is going on? Which mung bean soup has a better effect on cooling off?
First, let's talk to you about why mung beans cook soups of different colors.
Mung beans contain polyphenols, have antioxidant effects, because polyphenols are more sensitive, in the case of high temperature heating, if you contact oxygen in the air, it will oxidize and change color.
Therefore, when making mung bean soup, if the lid is covered and the cooking time is not long, the soup is green. If the lid is opened and the cooking time becomes longer, the polyphenols will be oxidized and the mung bean soup will turn red.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > so which color of mung bean soup is better? </h1>
In fact, red or green mung bean soup, nutritional composition and efficacy are not much different.
From the perspective of heat relief and heat relief, the effect of green mung bean soup may be the best, because the polyphenols in the mung bean skin can play a certain role in relieving the heat, and the polyphenols have a certain inhibitory effect on the temperature regulation center. Moreover, the diuretic effect of green soup is more obvious, so patients with high blood pressure can drink green soup.
Of course, the mung bean soup that has been boiled into red can still be drunk, and the effect is also very good.
how long does <h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > mung bean soup? </h1>
Generally speaking, if you want to cool off, mung bean soup can be boiled for 10 minutes with the lid on the pot to drink, if you want to eat mung bean paste, you need to cook for 30-60 minutes, the mung beans boiled to flower.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > what is the best pot to use? </h1>
Boiling mung bean soup with casseroles, stainless steel pots can be, do not use iron pots, otherwise it will accelerate the destruction of polyphenols in mung beans.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > not boiling soup, drinking mung bean porridge is effective? </h1>
Yes, because the active ingredient is mung beans themselves, mung beans are made into soups to make porridge or made into other pastries, and the effects are similar. Of course, it also depends on the amount of mung beans added, if the amount of addition is very small, other ingredients are more, the effect will be much worse.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > iced mung bean soup has a better heat relief effect? </h1>
Mung bean soup is generally safe for all ages. However, if the gastrointestinal tract is relatively weak, drinking mung bean soup, prone to abdominal pain, diarrhea and other discomfort, should stop drinking. Drink mung bean soup, it is recommended that everyone drink room temperature, try to drink less or do not drink refrigerated mung bean soup, so as not to cause physical discomfort.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > is it only suitable for drinking mung bean soup in the summer? </h1>
Theoretically, mung bean soup doesn't have to be drunk only in summer. Summer drinking plays a big role in dispelling heat and cooling, but drinking mung bean soup in winter can also supplement polyphenols, which can also produce diuretic effects. Therefore, mung bean soup is definitely not a patent of summer, and can be drunk all year round.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > can you replace boiled water with mung bean soup? </h1>
How much mung bean soup do you drink in a day? Varies from person to person, generally 2 to 4 small bowls a day, if you feel comfortable after drinking, you can drink more. However, it is not possible to replace boiled water with mung bean soup, because water is a pure carrier that can dissolve other nutrients and transport nutrients to flow smoothly in the body.
Some friends drink mung bean soup like to add sugar, here to remind everyone, because most people now have excessive energy intake, so it is recommended that you drink mung bean soup directly, do not add sugar, if you must add, you can add a small amount of rock sugar after cooking. After drinking the soup, try to eat the beans, which contain a lot of nutrients.
Welcome to pay attention to the headline number: [Eat three meals a day], learn nutrition and health knowledge with Professor Yu Kang, eat healthy and eat beautiful!
Yu Kang
Professor and Director of the Department of Clinical Nutrition, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Member of the Nutrition Standards Committee of the National Health Commission
Director of the Chinese Nutrition Society