Can I still eat mung beans when I have teeth?

It is well known that potatoes cannot be eaten once they have sprouted. If eaten, they may cause poisoning, and the harmfulness is self-evident. Can I eat mung beans if they are causing teething? In fact, it is normal for mung beans to grow teeth and they can be eaten normally. Mung beans that grow teeth refer to mung bean sprouts. However, mung beans cannot be stored for a long time after they sprout. So how to prevent the problem of mung beans sprouting?

1 Can you still eat mung beans after they have sprouted?

Sprouted mung beans can also be eaten normally. As long as the sprouts are no longer than three centimeters, you can use them to make mung bean soup. If they are longer, you can't use them. The sprouts of germ plants such as mung beans and peanuts are not only non-toxic but also extremely nutritious. In some places, people even soak mung beans in warm water and use the newly sprouted mung beans to cook porridge. Scientific research has shown that mung beans themselves do not contain vitamins, but mung beans after sprouting are rich in vitamins. After mung beans germinate, their internal structure is reorganized, and the nutrients contained in the reorganized mung beans are more in line with the needs of the human body. The best way to eat mung beans after they have sprouted is to make them into mung bean soup or use them to make soup. Because mung beans contain carotene and other vitamins after sprouting, these vitamins will dissolve in the soup when it is cooked, and people can absorb them more easily after drinking it. Mung bean soup has a good diuretic function and is also very effective for people with constipation.

2 How to store mung beans

1. Soak mung beans in boiling water for more than ten minutes, take them out and dry them, then store them in a jar. They can be kept fresh for a long time without spoiling or getting infested with insects. The mung beans treated by this method do not affect their edible quality or germination rate.

2. Do not throw away empty beverage bottles. Rinse them with water and let them dry. Dry the mung beans before storing to ensure they are free of moisture. Pour the mung beans into a beverage bottle, squeeze out as much air as possible, and then tighten the bottle cap. When stored in this way, the mung beans have almost no contact with the air, so they are not easy to mold.

3. Just make a few small bags with gauze, and then put some peppercorns or garlic in the bags to avoid attracting insects.

3 Precautions for eating mung beans

1. Mung bean soup is not suitable for people with cold constitution. Eating mung bean will aggravate the symptoms and even cause digestive system diseases such as diarrhea (dehydration in severe cases), joint and muscle pain caused by stagnation of qi and blood, chronic gastritis caused by cold stomach and weak spleen and stomach.

2. People who are taking various medications should not eat mung beans. The detoxification effect of mung beans comes from the fact that mung bean protein and other ingredients can combine with organic phosphorus and heavy metals to form precipitates. However, these detoxifying ingredients can also react with related ingredients in the drug, thereby reducing its effectiveness.

3. Mung bean soup should not be taken in excess. If people drink too much mung bean soup, they may suffer from gastrointestinal diseases such as stomach cold and diarrhea. If women drink too much mung bean soup, they may experience gynecological symptoms such as leucorrhea, abdominal distension, and dysmenorrhea.