What nutrients does edamame have?

Soybean is rich in nutrients, including fat, protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, mineral elements and other nutrients. Chinese medicine believes that edamame has many functions, such as strengthening the spleen, widening the middle energizer, moistening dryness and promoting diuresis, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and benefiting qi. Modern research shows that eating edamame has the following benefits:

(1) Soybean contains unsaturated fatty acids necessary for human body, such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid. It can improve lipid metabolism and reduce the contents of triglyceride and cholesterol in blood.

(2) Lecithin contained in soybean is beneficial to brain health and memory enhancement, and it is one of the essential nutrients for children's brain development. So edamame is a very good educational food.

(3) Soybean is rich in dietary fiber, which can not only improve constipation symptoms, but also improve blood pressure, blood lipid and blood sugar.

(4) Soybean is rich in protein, calcium and magnesium, which can maintain bone growth and neuromuscular excitability. The magnesium content in edamame is 70 mg100g, which is also much higher than other fresh beans. The potassium content in edamame is also high. Eating regularly in summer helps to improve the balance of sodium and potassium in the body, and can supplement the loss of potassium caused by excessive sweating, thus alleviating symptoms such as drowsiness, fatigue and loss of appetite.

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What are the ways to eat edamame in summer?

There are many ways to eat edamame. Add salt and spices to make spiced edamame, cook edamame as a side dish with meat or vegetables, and cook edamame with japonica rice. Anyway, you can choose different ways to eat according to your personal preference.

The author introduces a method of pickling edamame here: firstly, prepare edamame, ginger, red pepper and salt. Then wash the edamame. Then cut off both sides of the washed edamame with small scissors. Then put a proper amount of water in the pot, add edamame, ginger and a proper amount of salt. Boil the water for about 5 minutes until the edamame is cooked (it must be cooked! )。

Finally, pour the boiled edamame into cold boiled water to cool, then put it into a pot of cold boiled water, add salt, shredded ginger and a small amount of red pepper, and soak for two hours.

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