As we enter September, it's hard to believe that autumn has already begun for half a month. Although it still feels hot, a hint of autumn can be felt in the mornings and evenings. With the arrival of autumn, the widening temperature difference between day and night, coupled with sudden changes in temperature, poses a significant challenge to our immune system. Experts suggest that for autumn health preservation, it's beneficial to eat more of three types of beans, which can effectively enhance the body's immunity and prevent colds.
1. Soybeans
Soybeans are rich in plant protein, which can supplement the body's protein and improve resistance. Lecithin can help maintain cardiovascular health, while dietary fiber can promote intestinal peristalsis and improve constipation. In the fall, besides cooking, soy milk is also a great way to consume soybeans. This is because soy milk is easily absorbed, and the body's absorption and utilization rate of its protein, lecithin, vitamins, etc., is higher. From a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, soy milk has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, making it suitable for the dry and hot autumn season, and it also has skin-beautifying effects.
Research has found that soybean fat also has high nutritional value. This fat contains many unsaturated fatty acids, which are easily digested and absorbed by the body. Moreover, soybean fat can inhibit the absorption of cholesterol, making soybeans an ideal nutritional food for patients with arteriosclerosis.
Mixed Grain Soy Milk
2. Red Beans
Red beans are slightly cool in nature, sweet in flavor, and contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, B vitamins, potassium, iron, phosphorus, and more. The rich B vitamins can improve common autumn problems like rough skin and mouth sores, and dietary fiber can prevent constipation and promote intestinal peristalsis. At the same time, regularly eating red beans can also help lower blood sugar, clear heat, promote urination, and expel dampness. Red beans are also a good friend to women's health; their rich iron content can give the skin a healthy glow. Consuming more red beans can also have effects like nourishing the blood, promoting blood circulation, strengthening physical strength, and enhancing resistance. For breastfeeding women, eating more red beans can promote milk secretion.
Cooking red beans with Job's tears into a congee is a good option. Job's tears can treat dampness arthralgia, benefit the intestines, reduce edema, and strengthen the spleen and stomach. When cooked with red beans into a congee, it has the effect of reducing swelling and detoxifying.
Red Bean Paste
3. Peas
Substances found in peas, such as pisatin, gibberellin, and phytohemagglutinin, have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and metabolism-enhancing functions. When consumed in the autumn, because they contain provitamin A, they can be converted into vitamin A, promoting skin lubrication and elasticity, improving its water-locking function, and alleviating the roughness and dryness of autumn skin. The phytohemagglutinin in peas has a similar effect to the lectins in kidney beans and lentils; it can agglutinate human red blood cells and promote mitosis; it can activate the lymphocytes of cancer patients to produce lymphotoxin, which has a non-specific damaging effect on various animal cells. Therefore, it has the effect of preventing and treating tumors.
Honey Peas and Pea Jelly
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