Sitaw

Sitaw or String beans also called green beans or snap beans, count toward your weekly vegetable intake.

They contain a range of nutrients and provide a rich source of essential vitamins and minerals:

Sitaw help you get enough vitamin C, or ascorbic acid. Collagen fibers hold your tissues together, keeping your skin strong and intact, your bones resistant to breaks, and your tendons and ligaments able to keep your muscles and joints in place. Vitamin C also helps boost your immune system to protect you from infection.

Sitaw also benefit your health by providing a source of vitamin K. You need vitamin K to form blood clots, which prevent blood loss after an injury.

Add sitaw to your diet to boost your intake of iron, an essential mineral. Your cardiovascular system needs iron to stay healthy, since the mineral makes up a part of hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen through your bloodstream. You also need iron to support your metabolism — it helps you produce the energy your cells need to function properly.