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Mung beans sprouts

Mung beans sprouts have been part of Asian cuisine for centuries. However the long white sprouts came from Mung beans seeds.

Mung beans seeds

Mung beans sprouts free cholesterol

One cup of Mung beans sprouts equivalent to 30 calories, 3 grams of protein, 6 grams of carbohydrate and only 2 gram of fat.

Mung beans sprouts high in fiber

Mung beans sprouts contains a high source of fiber so that digestible. Also certain a high concentration of enzymes facilitating the digestive process.

Mung beans sprouts maintain bone density

Mung beans sprouts contain high in Vitamin K. Vitamin K regulates bone mineralisation and helps maintain bone density.

Mung beans sprouts lower risk of heart problem

Mung beans sprouts rick in vitamin K. Vitamin K dependent protein inhabits the build up calcium in blood vessels. Where lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. It was published in June 2009 in 'American Journal of Clinical Nutrition".

Mung beans sprouts reliefs from free radicals

Mung beans sprouts contains high vitamin C. The antioxidants contains abilities protect cell from free radicals. The radicals from sun light , lack of sleep, cigarettes smokes and from radicals cause by others cause. The free radicals attack to healthy cells and lead to chronic disease.

Birth defects

Mung beans sprouts contains of Vitamin B.This Vitamin importance for maintaining new cells and making red blood cells. It is especially importance to support period of growth from conception. Women needs to have sufficient Vitamin B because to prevent birth defects of the brain .

Breastfeeding

Mung beans sprouts contains of Vitamin B and iron. Since the vegetable contains high Vitamin B and iron it help to produce more milk for your baby.

Mung beans sprouts increase fertility

Vitamin E from Mung beans sprouts can helps to increase fertility because of its alkalinity. Also it will helpful in fighting male fertility.

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Skin

Mung beans sprouts contains high content Vitamin C, elimination of toxin from the body.

Mung beans sprouts also offer anti aging properties. Phyto estrogen an enzyme present in Mung beans sprout helps in the secretion of collagen and elastic .It helps enhancing the skin tone and has anti aging properties.

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Regular intake of Mung bean sprouts ensure young, clean, smooth and beautiful skin.

Hair

Mung bean sprouts consist of vitamin such as protein and zinc. It helps to gives many benefits. Such as nourish the hair,thick the hair ,helps hair growth, strengthen the roots of the hair and make the hair shining.

Mung beans sprouts very helpful for those suffering from hair loss. Mung beans sprouts minerals helps preventing hair loss.

How to grow mung bean sprouts at your home very interesting..........................must try...

Recipe.......Stir fry mung bean sprouts
ingredients
1 cup mung bean sprouts
3 small onion
2 garlic
1 green and red chili
1 teaspoon soy source
1 tablespoon cooking oil
few drops sesame oil
few drops sesame seeds
pinch sugar
pinch salt

Method
1.wash and drain mung bean sprouts. Trimming the end if desired.
2.Add oil, after heated add onion follow by garlic ,chili.
3.Then add mung bean sprouts,stir.
4.Add soy source,sugar ,salt sesame seeds and sesame oil.
Ready to serve.

Note: You also can add prawns or tofu according to your taste.

Stir fry mung bean sprouts

Dear friends thanks for reading............stay healthy and preserve your beauty in a simple way.

Mug bean

Mug beans What is .........

Mug beans known as green gram or golden gram. Mainly cultivated in India. It is store house of nutrients. Mug bean rich in vitamin B, C, protein, magnesium and a lot of essential nutrients of the human for health effective functioning of human health.

Nutrition Facts

Mung beans, boiled

Amount Per 1 cup (202 g)

Calories 213

% Daily Value*

Total fat 0.8 g	1%
Saturated fat 0.2 g	1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.3 g
Monounsaturated fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg	0%
Sodium 4 mg	0%
Potassium 537 mg	15%
Total Carbohydrate 39 g	13%
Dietary fiber 15 g	60%
Sugar 4 g
Protein 14 g	28%

Vitamin A	0%	Vitamin C	3%
Calcium	5%	Iron	15%
Vitamin B-6	5%	Vitamin B-12	0%
Magnesium	24%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Health benefits of Mung beans......

Clear toxin from the body

If Mung beans cook and consumed right amount will helps for cleaning toxin and unwanted chemical in your body.

Reduces cholesterol level

If you have high cholesterol,you may benefit from Mung beans. Mung beans low in cholesterol and high in soluble dietary fiber comes to forms.There are soluble and insoluble. Insoluble fiber aids in normalizing bowl movement. Soluble fiber mixed with water in digestive tract will forma gel like material. Which turns aids in supporting essential body function. Food rich insoluble fiber are shown to help bad cholesterol. It is responsible to remove excess bad cholesterol of blood steam.

Constipation

Since Mung beans high in fiber can help ,improve and relieve intestinal motility.

Increase sexual drive

Mung beans also helps to increase sexual drive.Tips.. you boiled green pea with other ingredients such as 2 slice ginger, 1/2 tea spoon black pepper, fennel cinnamon and coriander seeds. Just drink a cup a day...

The content Vitamin E helps in fertility.

Improve liver fat

Mung beans rich in lecithin reduces fats and regulate normal functioning of liver.

Reduce blood pressure

Mung Beans high in Potassium ,which helps to control blood pressure level.

Diabetes

Mung beans is low glycemic index food.The beans are diabetic friendly food. Low glycemic foods promote healthy sugar level in blood. In recent studies Mung bean can reduce blood glucose level and blood urea nitrogen.

Breast cancer

Mung beans and other types of beans contains protease inhibitors. Protease inhibitors slow the replication of certain cancer cells including found in breast cancer. Protease are known to block and prevent formation of tumor cells.

Relieve from hot flashes

Mung beans contains such as isoflavone nutritiont. This nutrition helps to regulates normal activity. Isoflavones are classes of phytoestrogen. Also Mung Beans estrogen in nature.In a trial 12 weeks. Phyto estrogen show to relieve hot flashes often disruptive an unpleasant. 90 mg per phyto estrogen may benefit post menopost in preventing of osteoporosis by stimulating bones.

Keeps healthy heart

Mung beans a member of a legume family of plants. The consumption 5% or more servings the beans, it decrease heart disease. 22% ,according to US report stated that Folic asid which contains in Mung beans helps lower the risk of heart disease.

Maintain healthy vision

A cup of mung beans provides 14 mg vitamin C. It acts as an anti oxidant and support healthy vision.

Protein source

Mung beans contains approximately 3.1 b g of protein per cup. It can be consume to replace meat.

Reduce fever for baby and children.

Mung beans is the best drinks because able to bring down high temperature effectively for children.Tips...take 5 spoon of green pea boil with 2 cups of water wait until turn to 1 cup of water. Once cool down give to your child to drink.

Pregnancy

Pregnant mother consume for their baby thick hair,smooth skin and strong bone.

In Asia it is believed that during pregnancy consumption of Mung beans ensure that the baby will have thick hair.Mung bean also rich in protien , B1, calcium and phosphorous will give a strong bones.

Birth defects

The folic acid contains in Mug beans helps to lower the risk and fights birth defects.

For Skin

Phyto estrogen an enzyme present in Mung beans helps in the secretion of collagen and elastic .It helps enhancing the skin tone and has anti aging properties. Regular intake of Mung bean ensure young, clean, smooth and beautiful skin.

Mung beans consist of Vitamin E. The Vitamin E play a role as soften the skin, get rid of pimples on your skin without scar , blackheads and has a high antioxidant .

There are two ways can care your skin in a simple way.

Consumption.
Eat every day a small amount of Mung beans

Apply as Mask

Take a handful of kacang hijau. After wash and clean.Put under the sun until completely dry.Then Blender.Keep in a tight container.Take 2 tablespoon mix with water.Apply on your face.Wash with lukewarm water. Once a week you can practice this.

By applying this mask you are inviting soft skin...............

By applying this mask you are inviting beautiful skin without pimples and scar.....

By applying this mask you are inviting slowing down aging process..........

For hair

Mung bean consist of vitamin such as protein and zinc. It helps to gives many benefits. Such as nourish the hair,thick the hair ,helps hair growth, strengthen the roots of the hair and make the hair shining. Mung beans very helpful for those suffering from hair loss. Mung beans minerals helps preventing hair loss.

Method

Take a handful Mung beans. Then wash clean, add 3 cups of water and boil.You must not boiled until the pea break down. After that you, separate the water from the pea.You can keep a side. Once cool enough, you can apply this water on your hair.After 30 minutes wash with mild shampoo.You can practice 2 times a week.

Slimming the body

Mung beans helps to lose weight

Mung beans low in calories and high in fiber. So that can consider if you are planning to lose weight.It is because consuming Mung beans gives you a feeling of fullness and reduce the carving other food.

Come let's cook.........................

First resipe............Bubur mug bean.
Ingredients
2 cups of Mung bean ( after wash and clean)
5 cups of water
3 cups of coconut milk
1 pandan / Pandan essence
2 cups of black sugar
1 pinch of salt

Method:

First Mung bean add with 5 cups of water , pandan leaf , salt and cook until become soft.
After that add black sugar and coconut milk .
Then,wait for first boil.
You can stop the fire.
You can serve hot or cold.

Note: In Malaysia some of them will add fruits such as banana, Jack fruit, durian in bubur Mug bean.
Some of them will consume with bread.

2nd resipe........Jelly Mug bean

Ingredients
1 pkt jelly
750 ml milk
250 ml water
200 gm sugar or according to your taste
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 spoon strawberry paste ( You also can choose with you own idea)
150 gm Mug bean wash clean and soak in the water for 1/2 hrs.
few drops pink colour ( you also can choose you desired colour)

Method:

First cook Mug bean until soft and wait until became cool.
After cool, blender Mung bean with add some water.
Then boil jelly after the jelly become melted add milk,sugar, salt and blended Mug bean., with slow fire.
After that add strawberry paste. If you want you can add some pink colour.
You transfer the ingredients to small pattern container.Or whatever pattern you desired.
once cool you can transfer to refrigerator.
You can serve cold or room temperature..

Let's plant Mung bean.

Sock with water for 2 hours...........

Prepare soil........... and spreaded the seeds on soil.

After 3 days..............

After 5 days..........

After few months...............

You can get agian mung beans............

Dear friends, Thanks for reading . Take care of your health and preserve your beauty in a simple way...................bye.

Thursday 15 August 2013

Mung Bean sprouts..............Absolutely unique

Sunday 11 August 2013