All About Green Beans
Most people never consider all the facts about the food they eat, especially if it's something they know is probably good for them, like vegetables. One of those vegetables is green beans. Have you ever thought about green beans, I mean really thought, I know I have not. Although, not a lot of thought is put into what green beans are or where they came from, those facts are interesting to know. This paper will discuss the origin and evolution of green beans, cultures they are used in, their uses, nutritional value, and health benefits or risks. Beginning with the origin and evolution, it is estimated that green beans were first grown about 7,000 years ago by Indian tribes in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico and in Callejon de Huaylas, Peru. The beans were domesticated independently in different areas from a common wild ancestor. These separate domestications led to the development of the different colored beans. For example, light colored, small seeded varieties developed in Mexico and the dark colored, large seeded varieties in Peru. They gradually spread throughout the Americas by migrating bands of Indians. By the time the British colonists arrived in the 1
Now green beans are produced and used by many cultures around the world. So, here is how green beans "measure up". One health benefits includes the fact that green beans contain more than 90% water.
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