Broad Beans

Broad Beans are an excellent source of nutrients which help maintain healthy hair, skin and nails. They are also rich in antioxidants and even can contain amounts of the essential fatty acid, omega 3. While the amount may seem low, on a per calorie basis beans compare favorably with more nutrient dense foods like walnuts.

Broad Beans contain a nutrient essential for making dopamine, the neurotransmitter that rewards us. When our neurotransmitters function effectively we get the feel good factor naturally and this can help with maintaining healthy eating habits and prevent comfort eating.

Beans are also a notable source of the mineral silicon which is essential for maintaining strong hair and nails, and keeps our skin firm and supple.
This is because silica is used to build collagen. An essential structural component of our skin. When we age, collagen levels deplete, we can support regeneration by ensuring we get minerals like silicon in our diet.

We can also help maintain strong bones through eating beans. Beans contain vitamin K which is important for regulating the use of calcium in our system, and the minerals calcium, magnesium and phosphorus which all contribute to bone health.

Beans are plentiful in the antioxidant vitamins A and C, and other phytonutrients suggested by many as being powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants are essential for countering damage from environmental toxins, and toxic material we can also produce ourselves internally through basic metabolic processes. The more we assist the body in countering toxins, the increased likelihood valuable vitamins and nutrients can be freed up for supportive functions that actually improve how we look and feel. Toxins can cause inflammatory reactions that age tissues and deplete our resources. By supporting our body through getting plenty of nutrients in can alleviate the potential for aging activity and encourage optimum health.

Information supplied by Steph Askeur
Fresh-cut enthusiast