Edamame is a commendable green and safe food. Legumes are generally less susceptible to pests and diseases, and edamame's fuzzy "armor" further enhances its resistance to pests and diseases. Therefore, edamame requires little or no pesticides during its production.
Edamame is a fresh legume vegetable that, in addition to the nutritional value of soybeans, is also rich in various vitamins and minerals. Not only are adults well-suited to eating it, but its unique nutrition can also meet the growth and development needs of children. Moreover, its pleasant taste and fun to eat make it generally appealing to children. It is rich in lecithin, an essential nutrient for children's brain development, making it a good food for brain health. Furthermore, edamame is rich in dietary fiber, which can prevent and relieve constipation in children.
Edamame is sweet and neutral in nature, entering the spleen and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach, moistening dryness and eliminating water retention, clearing heat and detoxifying, and replenishing qi. It is mainly used to treat malnutrition, diarrhea, abdominal distension and emaciation, pregnancy toxemia, carbuncles and boils, and external bleeding. It also has the effects of nourishing the skin, effectively improving loss of appetite and general fatigue. Edamame is rich and balanced in nutrients, containing beneficial active ingredients. Regular consumption is significantly beneficial for women to maintain a slim figure; it also has preventive and adjunctive therapeutic effects on obesity, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and other diseases.
In summer, the human body sweats easily, and some potassium is lost with the sweat. Potassium is an essential mineral element for the human body, and summer drowsiness, fatigue, and loss of appetite are related to potassium loss. Edamame is high in potassium, and eating it regularly in summer can help replenish potassium lost through excessive sweating, thereby alleviating fatigue and loss of appetite caused by potassium deficiency.
Edamame is especially suitable for people with a balanced constitution, qi deficiency, damp-heat constitution, yin deficiency constitution, and blood stasis constitution. However, people with qi stagnation constitution, phlegm-dampness constitution, special constitution, yang deficiency constitution, high uric acid, uremia, or allergies to beans should avoid eating edamame.
Furthermore, edamame must be thoroughly cooked before consumption, and it should not be eaten in large quantities.
People generally perceive animal-based foods as high-energy foods, while plant-based vegetables are low in calories. This is true for most vegetables, but edamame is an exception. Edamame is a high-energy vegetable, containing 123.0 kcal per 100 grams. Therefore, combining meat and edamame is not a good idea. When eating meat and edamame, one should be chosen, or the amount of both should be reduced, and they should be paired with other types of vegetables. In short, although edamame is a vegetable, it should not be eaten indiscriminately.
