Green beans, also known as string beans, are not only delicious, but they are good for you too! Whether cooking them or eating them straight out of the garden these beans are full of vitamins and minerals to keep your healthy.
Here are Samir Becic‘s and Health Fitness Revolution‘s list of the health benefits:
- Fresh vs. Canned and Frozen: Whether you are growing your own or buying a can or frozen from the store, green beans hold most of the same vitamins and minerals. Remember to get no salt added when buying the canned.
- Lots of Fiber: Prevent constipation, hemorrhoids, and diverticulosis by eating green beans. The fiber in them also helps you maintain your cholesterol and sugar levels.
- Build Strong Bones: The vitamin K in these beans help your bones take in the calcium that you drink to build strong bones. Pregnant women may also benefit with a healthy development of their baby’s heart.
- Support Food Sustainability: Not only can these beans be grown in your own back yard, but about 60% of all commercially grown green beans are produced in the United States.
- Forms Connective Tissue: The mineral silicon in green beans helps your body build healthy connective tissue. It also assists vitamin K in building your bone health.
- Low Calories: Want a low calorie snack between meals? Try them fresh and uncooked!
- Heals Cuts: Eat some green beans full of vitamin C to speed up the healing of your cuts and bruises. They may also help in healing burns.
- Fight Cancer: The vitamin A will help your body fight against cancer.
- Relieve Pain: Green beans help relieve the pain of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis because they are full of manganese. The manganese will also help relieve PMS symptoms to help you feel happier!
- Great With Anything: Not only are green beans great freshly picked, but try adding spices, dried fruit, rice, other veggies to increase the variety and fun. Add them to wraps or eat them plain with hummus. No matter how you eat them, they will help you be healthy and feel good.
