The nutritional value of fava beans is as follows: 1, rich in protein, for people with reduced muscle strength, muscle content, muscle decay, eat fava beans, through the supplementation of high quality protein to enhance muscle strength, alleviate the effects of muscle decay. 2, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, food therapy, fava beans are sweet, flat, into the spleen, stomach meridian, for indigestion, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and easy to accumulate food. People who are prone to accumulation of food eat fava beans properly, by nourishing the spleen and stomach meridians, but has a good spleen and stomach, improve digestive efficiency.