The small, miraculous beans that took their name from their appearance. These beans look like whole black eyes! Their cultivation by the small producer in Argos Orestiko, ensures their purity and the valuable nutrients that enclose them.
NUTRITIONS CONTAINED IN BLACK EYED BEANS
A cup of black-eyed beans covers 45% of our daily fiber needs, 58% of folic acid and 31% of protein. They help memory as vitamin B1 triggers energy production, important for the function of brain cells. Also, with the potassium they contain, they contribute to the proper functioning of the cells and organs of the human body. In addition, they contain sodium, affect the pH and regulate the distribution of body fluids by preventing heart attacks.
For vegetarians, black eyed beans are an ideal source of protein intake. 1/2 cup boiled black eyed beans contains 6.7 g of protein! Also, their iron content makes them an essential source of iron for adolescent girls and women of childbearing potential. Especially if combined with vitamin C help to absorb iron more easily. Finally, their surprisingly high content of vitamin A has antioxidant activity. Vitamin A is also important for the health of the eyes, bones, skin (acne treatment) and hair. Finally, they help against lung cancer.
HISTORY "FROM GOLD" BEHIND THE PRODUCT
About 8 km south of Kastoria and at an altitude of 660 m., Rises Argos Orestiko. It is the second largest city after Kastoria.
"Argos" means field and the first time we meet its name is in the Homeric epics! The nickname "Orestikon" is given to the son of Agamemnon Orestes. According to legend, Orestes, after the murder of Clytemnestra's mother, burst out chasing him. He arrived in the area of Orestida and there he built Orestiko Argos. However, there is also the opinion that the genus of Orestes who inhabited the area wanted to give their name there.
Later Argos gave birth to the general of Alexander the Great, Perdiccas, but also Pausanias, the bodyguard and later murderer of the Macedonian king Philip II. Thus, it occupied a key position in the pantheon of the eternal cities of the Macedonian Dynasty and the Greek territory later. Today it is a destination of archaeological, naturalistic and special eco-technical interest.
If we consider the rational view of the origin of its name that came from the mountainous and rocky province of Orestida, we understand the importance of the landscape and at a productive level. The word "argos" means coastal plain and the adjective Orestikon means the rocky plain. The rocky field was to become a fertile place with special soil characteristics that nourished and nourishes the roots of the highest quality legumes of the Mediterranean!
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