Cannot be eaten directly.
Before eating, it must be soaked in water several times and heated and boiled to reduce or even eliminate the toxic substances in it. Pregnant women, young children, people with a hot constitution and patients with diabetes should not eat apricots and their products.
Eating almonds correctly can achieve the effects of producing body fluids and quenching thirst, moistening the lungs and relieving asthma, smoothing the intestines and laxatives, and reducing intestinal cancer. There are many ways to cook almonds. They can be used to make porridge, cakes, bread and other types of food. They can also be combined with other condiments to make delicious dishes.
Efficacy and effects of almonds:
1. Bitter almonds can relieve coughs and asthma, moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation, and can treat lung diseases, coughs and other diseases.
2. Sweet almonds and dried almonds that are eaten daily are moisturizing and have a certain lung-tonifying effect.
3. Almonds are also rich in flavonoids and polyphenols, which can not only reduce cholesterol levels in the human body, but also significantly reduce the risk of heart disease and many chronic diseases.
4. Almonds have anti-tumor effects. The anti-tumor effects of almonds are mainly due to the fact that bitter almonds contain a biologically active substance - amygdalin, which can enter the blood and specifically kill cancer cells.
It has no effect on healthy cells, so it can improve the symptoms of advanced cancer patients and prolong their survival. At the same time, because it is rich in carotene, it can resist oxidation, prevent free radicals from invading cells, and has the effect of preventing tumors. Extended information
Although almonds are good, you must first understand the type of almonds before eating them. Do not grab a handful and eat them, otherwise it may easily cause poisoning, which may even lead to death.
Professor Liang Donghui, chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, has introduced the issue of almond toxicity in previous interviews, “There is a component in almonds-amygdalin.
In After being decomposed in the body, trace amounts of hydrocyanic acid and benzaldehyde will be produced, which can inhibit the respiratory center and have antitussive and antiasthmatic effects. However, if taken in excess, it can cause hydrocyanic acid poisoning.
The patient will initially experience bitterness in the mouth, drooling, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, palpitation, and weakness in the limbs; then rapid heartbeat, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and paralysis of the limbs.
In severe cases, sudden fainting may occur. , difficulty breathing, dilated pupils, trismus, drop in blood pressure and other symptoms, which may even lead to respiratory center paralysis and death.”
To avoid almond poisoning, Professor Liang Donghui said it is very important to distinguish between sweet almonds and bitter almonds. , "It is generally believed that sweet almonds are southern apricots and bitter almonds are northern apricots. In bitter almonds, the content of amygdalin is 2% to 4%, while sweet almonds do not contain or only contain 0.1% amygdalin."< /p>
The bitter almond particles are heart-shaped but relatively small, about 1 cm in diameter. The skin of the kernel is dark yellow and the lines on it are relatively thin. The sweet almond kernels are heart-shaped, slightly larger than the bitter almonds, with slightly crooked tips. The kernels have a light yellow skin with thicker lines. It’s okay to eat more sweet almonds, but when eating bitter almonds, you need to pay attention to controlling the amount you eat.
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