Health Benefits of Mung Beans (Munggo)
You think Mung Beans are not good for you? Read on and think again!
Mung beans are known for so many names. There’s the mungbean, mung, mongo, moog, mungo, monggo, green/golden gram, choroko and many others. I like eating mashed mung bean, sauteed with garlic, onions and tomate. It goes well with fried fish, and yes hot steamy rice!
Anyway, these beans are legumes that contain tremendous amounts of nutrients. They may come is 2 main forms – as beans or as bean sprouts. They may be eaten as the main dish, or made into noodles, or mixed with salads or even taken as desserts. No matter how you like these beans though, you will never be shortchanged of their nutritional contents.
Mung beans are high in fibre. They are low in saturated fat and sodium; and they contain zero cholesterol. They help increase our metabolic rates which help us digest fats faster. Not only that, a cup of mung beans consists of only about 30 calories. This much would already fill our cravings for an entire meal. Needless to say, these are great food components to those who are trying to lose weight.
Mung are also anti-cancer foods which help strengthen our immune system. They help protect our bodies against free radicals. They help promote cell growth, as well. They are also good sources of folate (folic acid) which make it good food for pregrant women to take.
Since Mung beans have no cholesterol content or any saturated fats, eating them would help reduce the risk of getting heart diseases. For the same reason, it’s also good food for diabetics.
Mung is also rich in Vitamin C, an anti-oxidant that lowers the risk of coronary heart ailments, such as stroke. The potassium content of mung beans may also help control the rise of one’s blood pressure. They are also rich in Vitamin B which helps our nervous system to function accordingly.
Aside from our hearts, mung beans are also good for the other organs in our bodies, such as our kidneys. Remember, they have very low sodium content, nearly none in fact.
Mung beans are truly one of nature’s wonder agent. You’ll be surprised what other nutrients may be derived from this food. Have you tried them yet?
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Dreamy777 | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
Thanks for the wonderful information
mona rastogi | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
useful share
Christine Ramsay | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
Thanks for the information. I should eat more of them.
mspitot | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
I love this post. This is so informative! I love sauteed munggo or even just plain monggo and then added with milk! I also eat munggo turon!
foxpete88 | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
well informed, thanks for share.
beingwell | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
Thanks guys!
Wherner5 | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
Interesting share. I had never heard of these beans before.
Lasaev | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
Its being very well!!
juliachild | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
Good share!
cterrell | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
very informative article.you did great research.
erwinkennythomas | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
V. good post! I’ve never had that before! Sounds delicious!
PartizAnka | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
great article!
Cyni1106 | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
I have never heard of these beans, is there an english name for them. You named a few at the beginning of the article but, I did not recognize any of the names. Thanks
neopisiva | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
They seem to be very nutritious and beneficial for health,I should consume them more often.
Thanx for the share!
beingwell | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
Thanks!
Hi Cyni, one of it’s English names is Mung Beans.
The Soul Explorer | Jul 20, 2011 | Reply
Good benefits of Munggo. I will eat of that!
The Silver Phoenix | Jul 21, 2011 | Reply
i love reading articles like this, on good healthy cooking. i have these as part of my staple diet. it’s so nice to learn how beneficial they are too. thanks for the delicious share.
samgoldencoffee | Jul 21, 2011 | Reply
nice piece.
thanks for the share.
Totton | Jul 21, 2011 | Reply
Very useful thanks alot
kanivel | Jul 21, 2011 | Reply
I learned a lot about mung beans today. Thank you.
LCM Linda | Jul 22, 2011 | Reply
I often eat mungbean as a dessert, but had no idea on its health benefits before reading this article. Thanks!
Cassle Tang | Jul 22, 2011 | Reply
Mung Beans is an interesting one! Thanks for sharing a lot of interesting healthy facts about mung beans.
Francois Hagnere | Jul 22, 2011 | Reply
Very usefularticle. I will try them. Thank you so much!
cosmomed | Jul 22, 2011 | Reply
I usually take in mung beans in the form of soups. I didn\’t know mung beans has antioxidant action. Great nutritional information!
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R K Vajpeyi | Jul 25, 2011 | Reply
Well discussed but if you are referring to whole green gram then there is a whole lot of people who cannot digest it. Sprouted green grams cause acidity and acid indigestion to many. So, every one has to test it carefully before trying to get its benefits.
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Its nice info…..
gaby7 | Jul 27, 2011 | Reply
Love beans generally although mung beans seem to be very rare in my part of the world!
beingwell | Jul 27, 2011 | Reply
I love mung beans too. You are from which part gaby? We have lots of these here in the tropics.
Raj the Tora | Jul 27, 2011 | Reply
Very good! beans are always life savers.
beingwell | Jul 27, 2011 | Reply
That’s right Raj! It’s said to be the poor man’s meat.
JoniJones | Jul 30, 2011 | Reply
Great info
beingwell | Jul 30, 2011 | Reply
Thanks joni!
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Good article…
beingwell | Aug 2, 2011 | Reply
Thanks apps!
aprilsong | Aug 4, 2011 | Reply
mung beans do good to our health, especially in hot summer.
plumaatpapel | Aug 4, 2011 | Reply
interesting article
iloisabel | Aug 5, 2011 | Reply
i love mung beans we always have that in our fridge!
Kristie Claar | Aug 6, 2011 | Reply
good post
lian rosa | Aug 7, 2011 | Reply
Love mung beans as well! Yummy!
beingwell | Aug 8, 2011 | Reply
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Ram Bansal | Aug 15, 2011 | Reply
Even your words taste well, recipes would be wonderful. Green gram is my favorite food, although it is of feminine character. Its masculine counterpart is Black gram (Urad).
Percy Omenazu | Aug 15, 2011 | Reply
Thanks for the info
quiet voice | Aug 15, 2011 | Reply
………….Never in my life have I heard of Mung beans.Thank you.
beingwell | Aug 15, 2011 | Reply
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mtrguanlao | Sep 4, 2011 | Reply
We always cook monggo every Friday friend
tenraj | Sep 10, 2011 | Reply
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