Keep Fit Beans

well, i read abt the beans on a Mandarin magazine (Ladies World aka 女人世界) and i think it's quite good. cos i nv tot a small small beans can help so much.. so i think i shared out the article wif u guys ya.. hope they dun sue me for the translation.. phew...

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Derived from Ladies World - Fitness Section

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Beans - consists of Red, Yellow, Green and Black..
** of cos lar... dun tel me got blue ones.. haha...

How Beans Help?
1) High Fibre
Fibre helps to absorb water and toxins in body and combines as feces to be expelled out from body. It also helps to decompose fats and control fats agglomeration in our body. Since fibre helps to extract feces, therefore feces will stay in body for shorter period and reduce the chance of body to absorb excessive fats from the food taken.

2) Diuresis & perspiration (利尿排汗)
Dropsy type people have a high water level in the body and can not be expelled out from body. Thus, it will slow down the cell-regeneration process. Beans helps humans to urine and sweat easily for detoxification purposes and also helps burning the calories and fats in body.

3) Low calory
Beans contains a little amount of calories and protein. If calories absorb is less than calories digested, the excessive fats will be burn.

Different Types of Beans and Its Advantages

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  Red Beans/ Azumi Beans
  Contains High Nutrients including protein, fibre, carotene, vitamin E, Calcium, potassium, magnesium and etc. Helps stomach and spleen to function properly. Helps in Diuresis(利尿）, detoxification （排毒） and anti-inflammation (消肿）.
  


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  Black Beans
  Contains Fibre, Vitamin E and B1. Helps in constipation and best for ladies to consume after menstruation. Helps to improves skin and be more energetic and also good for slimming purposes.
  


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  Yellow Beans
  Contains copper, protein and calcium. Helps in lowering cholestrol level in the body and strengthen the bones. Helps in slimming purposes too.
  


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  Green Beans/ Mung Beans
  Contains calcium and iron and etc. Helps in cell-regeneration(新陈代谢）process and liver functions. Good for detoxification and strengthen stomach and spleen.

Recipe Recommended

1. Red Bean Soup
   Ingredients
   Red Beans - 200g
   Dried Orange peel - 5g
   Salt - A little bit
   
   Steps
   1. Soak the beans and orange peel for 30 mins
   2. Boil beans with medium heat for 30 mins
   3. Add in orange peel and boil for 10 mins
   4. Lastly, add salt.
   
   Advantages
   Red beans helps in diuresis and prevent dropsiness. Orange peel helps for digestion. This is good for slimming purposes and improves skin texture.
   Recommended to hv it every meal daily and u can see the results after 2 weeks.
   


2. Seaweed Green Bean Soup
   Ingredients
   Green Beans - 200g
   Seaweed（海带）- 40g
   Fruit Peel(果片) - 1 piece
   Rock Sugar - 100g
   
   Steps
   1. Soak seaweed for 30 mins and cut into smaller pieces
   2. Boil beans + fruit peel + seaweed with medium heat for 30 mins
   3. Lastly, add sugar.
   
   Advantages
   Green Beans is good for liver and kidney. Seaweed is high in protein, vitamin A and b2 which is good for colon and stomach. This can improves skin elasticity
   

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so.. how is it? i din kno beans can help so much ler.. hehe.. summore can improve skin texture.. yes yes.. this is wat i wan.. haha...

jus a little sharing.. i'd been taking the green bean soup (of cos.. my own recipe lar.. as a dessert) once every week and i can see my face allergy seems to get better.. and it also helps to reduce the heatiness in the body.. (**oi.. dun b stingy lar.. share out ur recipe..) ok ok.. i share out to u guys...

Liangmui's Green Bean soup
Ingredients
Green Beans - 200g
Orange Peel - 1-2 piece(s) => depends on the size of the peel.. (dun put too much or else taste bitter..)
Rock Sugar - 100g

Steps
1. Put beans and orange peel and boil for abt 30mins with medium heat.
2. Add sugar.

u can serve chill or hot.. haha... easy rite?? even liangzai oso kno how to cook.. haha.. and he's been cooking for me abt 1 month d.. hehe.. not bad ler.. :P u guys can try it oso.. it's jus a normal n easy recipe..

P/S: dun blame me for the wrong translation ar.. pls correct me.. ei.. the whole article i can translate so much not bad d hor?? haha :P my mandarin is private limited company ar.. paisei paisei...