Kidney beans are rich in nutrition. According to the test, every 100 grams of kidney beans contain 23.1 grams of protein, 1.3 grams of fat, 56.9 grams of carbohydrates, 0.24 milligrams of carotene, 160 milligrams of calcium, 410 milligrams of phosphorus, 7.3 milligrams of iron and rich B vitamins, fresh beans are also rich in vitamin C. Kidney bean grains are large and full, delicate texture, rich in sand, various food methods, can be boiled or stewed, as bean stuffing, bean paste, soup, roast meat, canned or cold drinks, pastries, sweet snacks are suitable.
Kidney beans have high medicinal value. Chinese ancient medical records, taste Gan ping, with warm in the lower qi, stomach, stop hiccup, kidney tonifying Yuan and other functions, is a nourishing food treatment good. Kidney bean also has a sedative effect on the treatment of asthenic cold hiccup, stomach cold vomiting, bruising injury, wheezing cough, lumbago and neuralgia. Kidney beans are also a high potassium and low sodium food, very suitable for heart disease, arteriosclerosis, high blood fat and avoid salt patients. Modern medical analysis shows that kidney bean granules contain a variety of globulins such as hemagglutinin.