The nutritional value of both raw and cooked pine nuts is almost the same, but the shelf life of raw pine nuts is longer, the taste is drier, the color is close to milky white, it is inconvenient to eat, but safe to consume; however, the cooked pine nuts not only taste easy to let people accept, but also its nutrition is easy to be digested and absorbed by the human body.

Normally, no germination or moldy pine nuts can be eaten raw. However, different varieties of pine nuts eaten raw will have different reactions. For example, red pine seeds eaten raw, eat too much will be dizzy, is what we commonly known as "on the head", and Huashan pine eat too much mouth will be bitter. To pay special attention to is, long buds of raw pine nuts can not be eaten.

Pine nuts into the tonic can be used alone, but also can be made into cakes, candies, drinks, dishes and so on. Fried food crunchy, crispy, flavorful and delicious, Suzhou dumpling sugar is made of pine nuts.

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Traditional medicine believes that pine nuts are mildly warm, sweet, nourishing yin and dryness, moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, laxative, slow aging, moisturizing and nourishing the skin.

Pine nuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, such as linoleic acid, linoleic acid, etc., can reduce blood lipids and prevent cardiovascular disease.

Pine nuts contain a large number of minerals such as calcium, iron, potassium, etc., can provide rich nutrients to the body tissues, strong muscles and bones, eliminate fatigue, the elderly health care has great benefits.

Pine nuts in vitamin E up to 30%, has a very good softening of blood vessels, the role of aging, is the ideal health food for the elderly, but also ladies moisturizing beauty ideal food.

Pine nuts are rich in fatty oils, can laxative diarrhea without hurting the gas, the old man is weak constipation, pediatric constipation has a certain therapeutic effect.

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