Cashews are the fruit produced by the cashew tree.

The fruit of the cashew tree is divided into two parts, the nut and the fruit pear, also known as the true fruit and the false fruit. The kernel inside the true fruit is actually the commonly eaten cashew nut, which grows at the top of the false fruit. There is usually a hard shell on the outside of the kernel, and the kernel is greenish gray, because it looks like a chicken kidney, so it is also known as chicken cashew nuts.

The false fruit is formed by the receptacle of the fleshy fruit, looks a little like a pear, ovoid or flat rhombic shape, so it is called fruit pear. This fruit is bright red or orange-yellow in color when ripe and has a high water content, making it one of the coolest fruits in the tropics.

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Cashews are sweet and nutritious, and can be used as a snack, but also cooked into a delicious meal, loved by many people.

But because cashews contain a variety of allergens, for people with allergies, eat cashews, often cause anaphylactic reactions, the serious eat 1 ~ 2, may cause anaphylactic shock, if the rescue is not in time, and may even produce serious consequences such as death.

In order to prevent the occurrence of allergic phenomena, people who have not eaten cashews, you can eat 1 to 2 grains of observation of their own eat whether there is an adverse reaction, such as itching in the mouth, drooling, sneezing, etc., if there is no reaction can be assured to eat; there is a history of allergies (including allergies to food and medicines), easy to cashew allergy, such people do not eat cashews.

It should be reminded that cashews are high in fat, and healthy people should consume 10 to 15 cashews per serving.

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