Eat 50 to 100 grams of almonds (about 40 to 80 almonds) a day and you will not gain weight.
The fat contained in sweet almonds is essential for healthy people and is a highly unsaturated fat that is good for the heart. Studies have found that not only are sweet almonds high in protein, the high amount of fiber in them can make people feel less hungry, which makes them good for weight maintenance.
Fiber is good for the intestinal tissues and can reduce bowel cancer rates, cholesterol levels and the risk of heart disease. Therefore, obese people can achieve weight control by choosing sweet almonds as a snack. Recent scientific studies have also shown that sweet almonds can promote microcirculation of the skin, make the skin red and shiny, with beauty effects.
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Almonds are rich in proteins, fats, sugars, carotenoids, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin P and calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. The content of carotene in the fruit is second only to mango, people will be called the big flat anti-cancer fruit. Dabian is rich in fat oil, have the effect of lowering cholesterol, therefore, Dabian has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular system diseases.
Almonds are divided into sweet almonds and bitter almonds. China's southern production of almonds belong to the sweet almonds (also known as southern almonds), the flavor is slightly sweet, delicate, more for food, can also be used as raw materials to join the cake, cookies and dishes, with moistening the lungs, cough, slippery bowel, etc., on the dry cough with no phlegm, lung deficiency cough, etc., there is a certain relief;
Northern production of almonds belongs to the bitter almonds (also known as the north of the almonds), with a bitter taste, more for medicinal purposes, with moistening the lungs, The effect of asthma, due to cold and flu caused by phlegm, cough, asthma and other symptoms of significant efficacy; but the bitter almonds should not be taken too much, each time to no more than 9 grams. Sweet almonds can be moderate, generally eaten as a snack two or three hundred grams can be.
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