GREEN BEANS : The Origin and Content
Green beans (of the Dutchlanguage, boontjes, Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a kind of beans that can be eaten. Fruit, seeds, and leaves are used as a vegetable by thepeople. The green beans are rich in protein content. Green beans are believed to come from Central America and South America . The green beans that include families Papilionaceae(Leguminosae) is a twining plant species, hasroots riding andlong side and require a pole to climb.
Green beans are rich invegetable proteins and vitamins it helps lower blood pressure and blood sugar metabolismescort very fitand eaten bythose with diabetes or hypertension. Fiber content and high enzyme that can help you lose weight.
The green beans plants have white flowers crown. The older, the crown was changed color to yellow, sometimes even into purple. The green beans are also not difficult to be cultivated. Cultivation is generally carried out using seeds. Green beans can be processed into a variety of dishes and if it be really nice addition to the soup. The composition of compounds in vegetables green beans include: alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, triterpenoida, steroida, stigmasterin, trigonelin, arginine, an amino acid, asparagine, kholina, tannins, fasin (toksalbumin), starch, vitamins, and minerals.
Based on research, a substance contained in green beans are b-sitosterol and stigmasterol that able to increase insulin production. Insulin is a hormone produced naturally by the pancreas and serves to lower blood sugar levels. If the pancreas is only able to produce less insulin (or not at all) then the person will be exposed to the disease diabetes mellitus. Thus, by eating the green beans, we also will be spared from the disease diabetes.