Peanuts are a kind of nut, which refers to the peanut kernels with the peanut shells removed. It is a green and original ecological food. We usually call it peanuts. It has high nutritional value. Peanuts contain about 50% lipids, which are basically unsaturated fatty acids. Unsaturated fatty acids can lower cholesterol and help prevent and treat arteriosclerosis, hypertension and coronary heart disease. There are 25% of various proteins. The protein contains eight essential amino acids for the human body, and the arginine content is higher than other nuts. It contains 25% of multiple vitamins and trace elements, including vitamin E and a certain amount of zinc, which can enhance memory, resist aging, delay brain function decline, and moisturize the skin. Vitamin K has a hemostatic effect. Peanut red has a hemostatic effect better than peanuts. It's 50 times higher. Peanuts also contain a bioactive substance, resveratrol, which can prevent and treat tumor diseases. It is also a chemopreventive agent that reduces platelet aggregation, prevents and treats atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. When the soluble fiber in the peanut fiber tissue is digested and absorbed by the human body, it will absorb liquid and other substances like a sponge, and then expand into a tape body and be excreted with the feces, thereby reducing the accumulation of harmful substances in the body and the toxic effects produced, reducing intestinal chance of cancer.
In short, consuming a certain amount of peanuts, peanut oil or peanut products every day can not only provide a large amount of protein, fat and energy, but also reduce dietary saturated fat and increase the intake of unsaturated fatty acids, greatly promoting plant protein , dietary fiber, vitamin E, folic acid, potassium, magnesium, zinc, calcium and other nutrients that are beneficial to health.
As a snack, peanuts can be eaten in many ways. It can be fried, stir-fried, braised and boiled. For example, crispy peanuts, celery peanuts, sugar-coated peanuts, crispy peanuts, vinegar-soaked peanuts, meringue peanuts, celery and carrot peanuts, fried peanuts, sesame peanuts, spiced peanuts, tiger skin peanuts, etc. The most commonly used peanuts in households are fried peanuts, which can be eaten directly after being fried, or sprinkled with some salt or sugar. Salt-boiled peanuts are also commonly made, and their nutritional value is higher than fried peanuts in terms of health care. It has the characteristics of being tepid, moist in taste, chewy in the mouth, and easy to digest, and is suitable for all ages. If you add some Chinese medicine appropriately and cook it together, food and medicine can be used together and complement each other.