1: When is the best time to eat walnuts?

There is no time limit for eating walnuts and you can eat them at any time.

Two: Whether it can be eaten every day and the nutritional characteristics of walnuts:

It is suitable to eat walnuts every day.

Eating walnuts every day can lower human cholesterol. Walnuts are mainly rich in fat. The lipids they contain include linoleic acid, linolenic acid and oleic acid, which are beneficial to reducing the increase in cholesterol in the blood and are very helpful for the health care of patients with arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. .

Traditional Chinese medicine has called walnuts the "longevity fruit" since ancient times. It is believed that walnuts can nourish the kidneys and brain, nourish the body and qi, moisturize the skin and blacken the beard and hair. Zhang Hude, a professor at the Health Care Center of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, said that walnuts are most suitable for mental workers, especially white-collar women, because these people often use their brains excessively, which consumes heart and blood. Regular consumption of walnuts can nourish the brain, improve cerebral circulation, and enhance brain power. . At the same time, it also has the effect of black hair and smoothing the skin, because "the hair is out of blood", and strong blood will cause black hair, and walnuts are rich in a variety of vitamins, which can improve the physiological activity of human skin, so it is good for women. Beauty product. It is said that the famous Peking Opera performer Mei Lanfang ate walnut porridge every day during his lifetime, which made his skin stretch, tender and smooth.

After we open the hard shell of walnuts, we will find that the shape of walnut kernels is very similar to the human brain. This is why many people understand that walnuts can nourish the brain. Professor Zhang said: "This is called 'like attracts like' or 'like resembles' in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine itself is an empirical science, which is a rule summarized based on long-term practical experience. Facts have proved that walnuts are indeed beneficial to tonifying." The brain function is very good. "Modern nutrition research believes that the pure kernels of walnuts after removing about 50% of shells and other wastes contain 63% linoleic acid, 16.4% linolenic acid, and rich in protein, phosphorus, calcium and A variety of vitamins, containing a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids, can strengthen the elasticity of cerebral blood vessels and promote the vitality of nerve cells, improving the physiological functions of the brain. Moreover, walnuts contain high levels of phospholipids, which can maintain normal cell metabolism, enhance cell vitality, and prevent the decline of brain cells. In Japan, some nutritionists advocate that school-age children eat 2 to 3 walnuts a day, which is very helpful for those children who are restless, weak, averse to learning and slow to respond.

Three: Suggestions on how to eat walnuts:

A good way to eat walnuts is to boil walnut kernels, red dates and rice together to make walnut porridge and drink it, because walnuts can replenish the "innate foundation" ", rice and red dates can supplement the "acquired foundation", so when combined, the health care effect is the best.

Four: Analysis of nutrients contained in walnuts:

Calories (627.00 kcal)

Protein (14.90 grams)

Fat (58.80 grams)

Carbohydrates (9.60 grams)

Dietary fiber (9.50 grams)

Vitamin A (5.00 micrograms)

Thiamine Vitamin E (0.15 mg)

Riboflavin (0.14 mg)

Niacin (0.90 mg)

Vitamin E (43.21 mg)

Calcium (56.00 mg)

Phosphorus (294.00 mg)

Sodium (6.40 mg)

Magnesium (131.00 mg)

Iron (2.70 mg)

Zinc (2.17 mg)

Selenium (4.62 μg)

Copper (1.17 mg)

Manganese ( 3.44 mg)

Potassium (385.00 mg)

Five: The main ways to eat walnuts:

In addition to being eaten raw, walnuts can also be made into many kinds Dishes, here are several classic recipes for you, you can choose to try them.

1. Canned Braised Walnut Chicken Nuggets: (Zhejiang Cuisine)

Ingredients: 1000 grams of pure chicken, 250 grams of walnut kernels, and 125 grams of onions. 100 grams of tomato sauce, 40 grams of sugar, appropriate amount of refined salt.

Method:

1) Wash the chicken and cut it into 20 pieces, marinate with salt for a while, soak the walnuts in boiling water and peel them;

2) Wash and cut the onions into cubes, put them into a meat grinder together with the walnuts, and set aside;

3) Put the mince and tomato paste into a pot, add an appropriate amount of chicken stock, mix well and bring to a boil, then add the chicken pieces After boiling, simmer over a slow fire. Add refined salt and sugar to adjust the taste, put it in a jar, place it on the stove and cook over a slow fire until it boils slightly.

2. Fried walnut chicken: (Yunnan-Guizhou cuisine)

Ingredients: 300 grams of chicken breast, 50 grams of walnut kernels, 1 egg, 500 grams of peanut oil (actual consumption: 50 grams ), 3 grams of salt, 20 grams of cooking wine, 1 gram of MSG, 5 grams of ginger juice, and 10 grams of flour.

Method:

1. Wash the chicken breast, slice it into large pieces, put it in a bowl, add salt, cooking wine, monosodium glutamate, and ginger juice to soak evenly, and marinate for a while to enhance the flavor; Put the peach kernels in a bowl, pour in boiling water and simmer for a while. When they become soft, decant out the water, use a toothpick to pick out the skin, chop into pieces with a knife, and place them on a plate; crack the eggs into the bowl, beat them up and mix well.

2. Dip a thin layer of flour on both sides of the chicken breast slices, then evenly dip them in a layer of egg liquid, place them on a plate with peach kernels, dip the peach kernels evenly on both sides, and pat them gently with your hands. Press and stick firmly;

3. Put the pot on the fire, put in oil and cook for more than five minutes. When the condensation becomes firm, golden in color, and the inside is cooked, take it out to control the oil. Use a knife to cut into small pieces and place them on the plate according to the original shape.

3. Walnut kernel porridge: (nourishing formula)

Main ingredients: 50 grams of walnut kernels and 60 grams of rice.

Method:

Wash the rice and walnut kernels, put them in the pot and cook them.

Usage: Can be used as a snack for breakfast and dinner.

Efficacy: Nourish the kidneys, strengthen the brain, and relieve stranguria. It is suitable for insomnia and forgetfulness, pain and low back pain, urinary stones, dirty urine, and white turbid urine.

4. Walnut tofu balls: (weight loss formula)

Ingredients: 250g tofu, 2 eggs, 50g flour, 500g salad oil, 500g stock, salt, Appropriate amounts of starch, pepper, MSG, and walnut kernels.

Method:

Crush the tofu with a spoon, beat in the eggs, add salt, starch, soybean powder, pepper, and MSG, mix well, and make 20 balls, one for each ball Put a walnut kernel in the middle, heat the salad oil over high heat until it is 50% to 60% hot, then fry the meatballs until they are done.

5. Walnut kernels mixed with celery: (nourishing formula)

Ingredients: 300 grams of celery, 50 grams of walnut kernels, appropriate amounts of refined salt, MSG, and sesame oil.

Method:

1. Wash the celery, cut it into 3 cm long sections, blanch it in a pot of boiling water for 2 minutes and take it out. Be careful not to blanch it too well.

2. Rinse the blanched celery with cold water, drain the water, put it on a plate, and add refined salt, monosodium glutamate, and sesame oil.

3. Soak the walnut kernels in hot water, remove the skin, soak them in boiling water for 5 minutes, take them out, put them on the celery, and mix well when eating.

Efficacy:

Celery is rich in vitamin C, iron and plant cellulose, which has the effects of moisturizing, improving eyesight and nourishing blood. Plant cellulose is beneficial to defecation; walnut kernels contain Carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin E. This dish is good for treating postpartum constipation and high blood pressure.

6. Walnut roasted mutton: (nourishing recipe)

Ingredients: 150 grams of walnut kernels, 300 grams of mutton, 100 grams of eggs, 15 grams of flour, fine salt, cooking wine, MSG , a little each of ginger juice, and 75 grams of cooking oil.

Method:

1. Cut the mutton into 0.3 cm thick slices, put it into a bowl, add fine salt, cooking wine, MSG, and ginger juice

Mix thoroughly and marinate for a while.

2. Rinse the walnut kernels with boiling water, decant the water, rinse it again with boiling water, simmer for a while, decant the water again

and wait until it becomes soft. Peel off the skin, chop into pieces and put it into a plate.

3. Beat the eggs into a bowl and mix well.

4. Dip all the mutton in a thin layer of flour, then dip it evenly in the egg juice, put it into a plate with minced walnuts,

Dip evenly on both sides, and pat it with your hands Pat and put into plate.

5. Put oil in the pot, heat it until it is 50% to 60% hot, dip the walnut mutton into the oil and deep-fry, stir gently, fry for 2 to 3 minutes, take it out when it is cooked, and serve on a plate. .

Efficacy:

Replenishes the kidneys and strengthens the brain.

Walnuts are sweet and warm in nature and have the functions of nourishing the kidneys, calming the nerves and strengthening the brain. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney governs the mind (part of the mind

mental activity function), and kidney deficiency can cause a series of symptoms such as insomnia, forgetfulness, dizziness, and tinnitus. If you can eat walnut kernels regularly, it will be of great benefit to these diseases. Some people believe that eating walnut kernels regularly can be very helpful in promoting the function of brain nerves and enhancing memory. Mutton is sweet and warm in nature, while eggs are sweet and mild in nature. Both of them have the effect of tonifying deficiency and replenishing the kidneys. Bendaolai has a therapeutic effect on insomnia, forgetfulness, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, tinnitus, blurred vision, shortness of breath and other symptoms caused by kidney deficiency and physical deficiency.