Mung beans are a common food in daily life and a type of bean. They are rich in nutritional value and have great benefits for human health. Mung beans can be eaten by most people, and eating them in summer can cool down the body and relieve summer heat. Of course, it is also necessary to know the taboos of eating mung beans, and people with weak constitutions should eat them with caution.

1. Antibacterial and antimicrobial

(1) Some components in mung beans have direct antibacterial effects.

(2) Indirectly exert antibacterial effects by enhancing the immune function.

2. Lower blood lipids

Research has found that the plant sterols in mung beans have a similar structure to cholesterol, and they compete with cholesterol for esterification enzymes, preventing them from being esterified and reducing the absorption of cholesterol in the intestines. They can also reduce blood cholesterol levels by promoting cholesterol oxidation or by preventing the biosynthesis of cholesterol in the liver. In addition, it has been experimentally confirmed that soybean globulin has a cholesterol-lowering effect, and it is worth exploring whether the globulin in mung beans has the same effect.

3. Antitumor

Experiments have found that mung beans have a certain preventive effect on lung cancer and liver cancer induced by morphine and sodium nitrite in mice.

4. Detoxification

Mung beans contain a wealth of protein. The protein content of the raw mung bean milk made by soaking and grinding raw mung beans is quite high, and it can protect the gastrointestinal mucosa when taken internally. The protein, tannins, and flavonoids in mung beans can combine with organic phosphorus pesticides, mercury, arsenic, and lead compounds to form precipitates, reducing or eliminating their toxicity and making them less easily absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract.

5. Pay attention

It is noteworthy that mung beans contain a high amount of protein, and macromolecular proteins are easily converted into small molecular peptides under the action of enzymes, so that amino acids can be absorbed by the human body. For such eating methods with high protein content, the elderly, children, and people with weak constitutions should pay attention, as their digestive functions are relatively poor, and they are prone to diarrhea and other conditions due to poor digestion.