White Kidney Bean
The White Kidney Bean named for it's shape, is a large, white, meaty
bean preferred for chili, also good in soups, salads, and casseroles. White
Kidney beans are called cannellini, and are a typical ingredient in Italian
dishes such as minestrone.
If these kind of beans aren't a regular part of your diet, you're missing one of nature's truly perfect foods. The plant stores an abundant complex of carbohydrates and is also a rich source of protein, as the matter of fact, beans contain a higher amount of protein than any other plant food. It is true, that the protein is incomplete, but with a fine touch it can easily be complemented by adding rice or other grains, nuts (or, for non-vegetarians,
a small amount of animal protein, such as chicken, fish, cheese, or yogurt) to your daily meal, in order to supply the missing amino acids. |
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As the Folk Medicine reveals, it is also good for acne, bladder, burns,
cardiac, carminative, depurative, diabetes, diarrhea, diuretic, dropsy,
dysentery, eczema, emolient, hiccups, itch, kidney, rheumatism, sciatica,
and tenesmus. |
