• Winter to eat nutritious nuts

    Posted on February 16th, 2010 admin No comments

    Winter is the season of health, suitable for eating some foods have a tonic effect. Nuts are rich, the right of unsaturated fatty acids beneficial to human body, as well as a large number of vitamins, trace elements, are experts recommend the most suitable one of the winter consumption of food. Hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, cashews known as “the world’s four nuts.” They, whether from the nutrient or from the taste point of view, in a variety of nuts are all outstanding, the winter due to eat some, make your body stronger.
    Winter nourishing to eat nuts

    hazel to reduce blood fat

    Nut is divided into two types: tree nuts and seeds. Hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, cashews and the “four nuts” are part of the tree nuts, that is, the essential parts of plants containing linolenic acid, linoleic acid, etc. rich in unsaturated fatty acids, dietary fiber and vitamin B, vitamin E, phosphorus, calcium, zinc, iron and other trace elements.
    In the “Big Four nuts”, the hazelnut was not only people’s consumption, the oldest and the highest nutrient content also has a “king of nuts” in the title. In China’s “Book of Songs”, once there are records of people to eat hazelnut; Ming and Qing years, hazelnut and even the court is designed to be enjoyed by the nuts. Hazelnut in ancient times to eat is also a popular thing in Europe, their history of cultivation of hazelnut 700 years.
    Initially, it is just hazelnut as a good natural food, but with the continuous deepening of their research, it is increasingly found that it would have a negligible role in health. Portland University in the United States experiment found that hazelnuts contain a strong anti-cancer ingredients, for ovarian cancer, breast cancer and other cancers has a good inhibitory effect, you can prolong the lives of nearly a year. In addition, the hazelnut in magnesium, calcium and potassium and other trace elements in high, long-term consumption helps regulate blood pressure.
    The main origin in the hazelnut Turkey, in addition to other food alone, it is a variety of pastries, ice cream, chocolate and other sweets in the essential mix. Turkish daily with meat-based, roast pork or barbecue is the most important food, but a strange phenomenon is that the majority of Turks lipid indicators are normal and are not to eat meat while the damage to health. Istanbul, Turkey, Medical University researchers explained that this was because of hazelnut with a cholesterol-lowering effect, avoiding meat, saturated fatty acids in the body of the hazards, which can effectively prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
    Many people think that eating more easy to find hazelnut greasy, in fact, it is itself a natural aroma, with the effect of appetizers, which are rich in fiber to help digestion and the role of prevention and treatment of constipation. For the day sitting in front of the computer work, white-collar workers, the Eat hazelnut and other nuts, can enhance the facial muscles chewing ability, thus served to augment the visual effect.
    At present, the hazel nuts shop divided into two kinds: small hazelnut (including Mao’s peace hazelnut hazelnut) and the import of large hazelnut. Small hazelnut taste good, smell pure; hair roots of hazelnut bulge outward slightly, round arc, nuts sweet fragrance; flat roots of hazelnut is more smooth, sweet nuts; large hazelnut mostly from Turkey or U.S. imports, the color is good, big heads, but relatively light taste.
    In the hazelnut of eating on the raw food can also be fried. The crushed nuts to do when you put the cakes, or added to milk, yogurt, ice cream, the milk made of hazelnut, hazelnut fat and so on, are also very good eaten. In addition, you can use Hazel to porridge: The hazelnut, lotus seeds, rice together, cook, “hazel lotus porridge” not only taste good, and rich in nutrition, cancer and diabetes who are able to drink more.
    As the hazelnut is rich in fat, gall bladder function of serious adverse events who normally should eat. Spain, scientists, a study concluded that: ordinary people to eat five times a week, each time to eat 25-30 grams of hazelnut more appropriate.
    Winter nourishing to eat nuts

    walnut can be beauty

    Walnut in China, known as the “longevity fruit” in foreign countries were called “fruit puzzle”, since ancient times, it is considered to be the most appropriate mental eat nuts.
    According to historical records, as early as the Sui and Tang of China’s imperial era, and fatigue tension on the candidates to eat walnuts to their brain. In Japan, nutritionists found that eating walnuts every day to children, their restless, weary of studying the situation will be greatly improved. Studies have shown that this is because the higher phospholipid-containing walnuts can maintain a normal cell metabolism,
    To prevent the decline of brain cells and improve the brain’s physiological function, with the promotion of cerebral circulation, strengthen the role of memory, can alleviate the Yongnaoguodu.
    In addition to brain outside the role of walnut beauty more and more people are paying attention in recent years. Chinese medicine believes that walnuts have “Run the skin, and Uzbekistan to refund the” role; Modern Nutrition believes that walnuts contain a variety of vitamins can improve the physiological activity of the skin, usually adds to the growing point of easy digestion and absorption of walnut porridge, make the skin more delicate, looking even more moist.
    In addition, the walnut in the linoleic acid content of 65%, linolenic acid content of 18%, with the other nuts, these unsaturated fatty acids can regulate cholesterol metabolism, for arteriosclerosis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in patients with very helpful. There are many varieties of walnut. By a Nutshell smoothness points, glazed walnuts and hemp nuts. Light walnut take-jen easy, sweet and plump seeds are not astringent; Ma Walnut oil is high. By husk thickness points, there are walnut shell and thick-shell walnuts. There is also a Hickory on the market, a relatively small, the nutritional value and common walnut is basically the same, only more fragrant flavor to eat up some. In Walnut, there is a black walnut native to North America is the highest nutritional value, but it is hard stones, shelling rate is very low. In the United States, the black walnut price is higher than four times more than ordinary walnut. Currently there are produced, but a very small output.
    In the eat, the single-eating walnuts have a lot of people feel bitter taste, using boiling, steaming, stewing, frying, or the preparation of pastries, sweets and other dishes to appropriately reduce the astringency. In the match, the walnut and the APF, chestnut porridge, etc., can cure urinary frequency; with sesame seeds, lotus seeds with eating, heart brain make up the better. However, those who are being lit, or diarrhea should pay attention to the best eat.
    Winter nourishing to eat nuts

    be careful to eat cashew allergy

    A major producer of cashew nuts in Mozambique in Africa, in China’s Hainan and Yunnan are also growing, but less volume. Health cashew drying 2-3 days, its moisture content down to a certain level, then through the dryer is what we eat cashew nut.
    And hazelnut, walnuts, almonds and other nuts than cashew is the most important features of a higher sugar content than can be accounted for 25% of total nutrients, while the hazelnut 15% of sugar, almond 10%, Walnut, while only 8%. Therefore, the cashew processing in the not before eating bar with a slightly sweet taste.
    Cashew nuts in the fat content of 47%, protein 22%, in addition to containing vitamins and zinc, calcium, iron and other trace elements. Cashew nuts contain fat, most of unsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acid and linolenic acid which can play to prevent arteriosclerosis, stroke and other diseases. However, when compared with other nuts, cashew nuts in the human body to be detrimental to slightly higher content of saturated fatty acids, accounting for around 20%. The four nuts, walnuts the lowest content of saturated fatty acids, only 6%, while 10% of almonds, hazelnuts, 7%. Thus, consumption of cashew nuts must be properly controlled to avoid eating too much.
    In addition, the cashew nut contains a variety of allergens, for the person with an allergy, it may cause some allergic reactions. Thus, the first person to eat cashew nuts, it is best not to eat, can eat 12 minutes after the stop 10, an allergic reaction if you do not eat there.
    Winter nourishing to eat nuts

    calcium than milk and high-almond

    Almond is not only a nutrient-intensive nuts, are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and calcium, iron and other minerals, in many cultures, it is romantic and health representatives. TCM also believes that it can Runfei In addition to dry, especially for
    Cold and dry winter food.
    Almonds rich in vitamin E in the Greek word for “new child” means, therefore, the Roman people like to bring creativity to the newlyweds almonds, and placed good wishes. According to the research, the Himalayas, the average life expectancy in China 90-100 years old, also lives with them in the habit of eating almonds have great relationship. United States, Dr. Ta Fuci University Furui Bu Lu Boge that the almond has a long life the role of reason, not only because it is the same as other nuts, are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E, also with its high selenium content are a certain relationship.
    Almond content of selenium in the highest for all types of nuts. Studies have shown that selenium is a strong anti-cancer ability of trace elements, in addition, it is also a negatively charged non-metallic ions in the human body with positively charged metal ions in combination to induce lesions of lead, mercury, cadmium, and other metal ions excreted. Thus, selenium is also known as “natural antidote.” Selenium and vitamin E in almonds combined to better serve the body remove free radicals, disease prevention and resistance to aging. This is why eating almonds have a certain relation with longevity reasons.
    In addition, the almonds in the other is also very high mineral content, such as calcium, is generally considered a high calcium content of milk 2 times.
    Currently, 80% of the world’s almonds are produced in the United States, California, the heads of these almonds relatively large, you can direct consumption. Most of the almonds produced in China is relatively small heads, of which there is a flat almonds, almond nutritional value than the average should be higher.
    Almond to meet the needs of people of all ages, so food, there is no too many restrictions. Generally speaking, eating 2 times per week almond, each one (30 grams) to about 20-25 tablets, over time, the risk of heart disease or coronary heart disease risk will be reduced by 50%.
    Also to note is that almond skin antioxidants in high content, so the time to eat, it is best not to skin peeled off.

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