There are two things to note when cooking mung bean sprouts: First, do not add alkali when cooking mung bean sprouts, as alkali can destroy nutrients such as vitamins and carotene. Second, there is no need to remove the skin of the mung bean. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the mung bean skin is called "lǜdòu yī" and has a stronger effect for clearing heat and detoxifying than the mung bean itself. Healthy Eating
Contraindications: Mung bean sprouts grown with chemical fertilizers cannot be eaten. Because chemical fertilizers contain nitrogen compounds, which can be converted into nitrosamines under the action of bacteria and exist in the mung bean sprouts. Nitrosamines can cause people to suffer from stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, etc. On the other hand, mung bean sprouts are cold-natured foods, and eating too much can easily damage the stomach qi. They also contain coarse fiber, which can easily accelerate intestinal peristalsis and cause diarrhea. Therefore, patients with chronic enteritis, chronic gastritis, and indigestion cannot eat them in large quantities.