Benefits of Black Beans

Black beans are a nutrient rich and potent medicinal food with a low glycaemic index, rich in fibre, protein, folate, magnesium and potassium, often used to slow aging due to the high content of anthocyanin antioxidants, particularly in the seed coat.

Medicinally they have been used for digestive disorders, to reduce the risk of cancers and especially colon and breast cancers, cardiovascular disease, detoxification, use as a diuretic, oxidative stress, management of blood sugar levels, reduction of insulin resistance, weight loss, constipation, nourishment of beneficial gut bacteria, reduction of inflammation in the digestive tract, reduction of high blood pressure, reduction of cholesterol, atherosclerosis, tissue repair, regulation of urination and kidney health.

Rinse thoroughly if using canned, to reduce salt.

Hippocrates said, “let medicine be thy food and food be thy medicine”. How true!!!