Beans are tasty but healthy… If you eat them with other foods, you won't absorb their nutrients.

Soybeans are rich in vegetable protein and antioxidant and anticancer substances. Even if you dislike the distinct taste of soybeans, they are still worth consuming for your health. However, even within the same soybean, the health benefits can vary depending on what you pair it with and how you prepare it.

 

First of all, it's best not to eat beans with cheese. Cheese is rich in calcium, and beans are rich in phosphorus. When beans and cheese are eaten together, phosphoric acid and calcium combine to form calcium phosphate, which is not absorbed by the body and is excreted. Furthermore, dairy products such as cheese and milk, as well as beans, are both foods that cause flatulence. If these are eaten together and reach the large intestine without being fully digested, they can be fermented by colonic bacteria, producing a large amount of gas.

Beans are best eaten with seaweed such as kelp or wakame. . The saponin component contained in soybeans has an anti-cancer effect, but if consumed in large quantities, it expels iodine from the body. If there is a lack of iodine, the thyroid gland may not secrete hormones properly, which can lead to hypothyroidism. It is good to eat a small amount of seaweed such as wakame and kelp, which are rich in iodine. Excessive intake is prohibited. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety recommends that adults consume 150 μg of iodine daily, but eating just one serving (10 g) of dried wakame will result in consuming 1,160 μg of iodine.

 

It is recommended to eat it stir-fried rather than raw. The content of 'isoflavones', a plant-based estrogen found in soybeans, is highest when the soybeans are roasted. A research team at Sookmyung Women's University cooked black beans, a type of black bean, in four ways: roasting, boiling, steaming, and pressure heating, and confirmed that the roasted beans had the highest isoflavone content.

 

Roasting also increases the protein content of soybeans. Boiling soybeans reportedly increases their protein content by 6-7% compared to raw soybeans, while roasting increases it by 2-3%. Heated soybeans also have higher nutrient absorption than raw soybeans, as their cell walls break down.

 

 

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Eat beans healthily.

Stir-fried rather than eaten raw

Eat it with seaweed such as kelp or wakame.

 

So what kind of dish would be good?