Nuts can be eaten together, nuts and fruits can be eaten together.
You can eat fruit after eating nuts, but because nuts contain a lot of fat, it is difficult to digest if you eat too much. If you can eat fruit first, it will help digestion. Don't worry about indigestion caused by eating too many nuts. You'd better eat in moderation in your daily life, and don't overeat anything.
How to eat is healthy
1. Walnut is the king of antioxidation. Juglans regia contains arginine, oleic acid, antioxidants and so on, which is of great benefit to protect cardiovascular system and prevent coronary heart disease, stroke and senile dementia, but don't eat too much at a time, otherwise it will affect digestion. Some people like to peel off the thin brown skin on the nuclear surface, which will lose some nutrients, so don't peel off this skin. Old people can choose to eat 1-2 walnuts a day, but walnuts are too hot and oily, so people who are getting angry and have diarrhea should not eat them.
2, sunflower seeds eat a handful of sunflower seeds every day, can meet the human body's daily needs of vitamin e. Sunflower seeds contain protein comparable to meat, especially arginine. Eating sunflower seeds regularly has certain effects on preventing coronary heart disease and stroke, lowering blood pressure and protecting vascular elasticity. Medical scientists believe that sunflower seeds can cure insomnia, enhance memory and prevent cancer, hypertension and neurasthenia.
3. Pistachio nuts contain monounsaturated fatty acids, which can reduce cholesterol content and reduce the occurrence of heart disease. Eating 1 pistachios is equivalent to eating 1.5 grams of monounsaturated fatty acids, but pistachios stored for too long should not be eaten again. Pistachio nuts are high in calories, and people with high blood lipids should eat less.
4. Patients with coronary heart disease who often eat almonds have a 5% lower incidence of angina pectoris than those who don't eat almonds. Almond has the function of regulating insulin and blood sugar levels, and it is also one of the dietotherapy products for diabetic patients. Almonds are also beneficial to prevent osteoporosis in menopausal women.
Precautions
Although nuts are good nutrition, they are also a high-calorie food, and should not be eaten in excess. If you accidentally eat more nuts, you should reduce the oil consumption and diet for three meals a day.
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Health guide: Eat more "four nuts" in autumn and winter
Introduction: In the cold autumn and winter, all kinds of nuts appear one after another. Eating more at ordinary times has a good effect on health. Hazelnut, walnut, almond and cashew nut are the best among all nuts, and are known as "the four largest nuts in the world".
In this issue, we will ask nutrition experts to introduce the nutrition and healthy eating methods of these four nuts. Interviewed expert: Xu Hui, director of the Nutrition Department of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University. Li Xiaowen, deputy nutritionist, Department of Nutrition, Beijing China-Japan Friendship Hospital.
Walnuts: Brain tonic and Alzheimer's disease prevention
The American Dietetic Association advises people to eat walnuts two or three times a week, especially for middle-aged and elderly people and menopausal women, because the arginine, oleic acid and antioxidants contained in walnuts can protect the cardiovascular system, and also have a significant effect on preventing coronary heart disease, stroke and Alzheimer's disease.
Walnuts are rich in lecithin and unsaturated fatty acids, and also contain many antioxidants, such as vitamin C and vitamin E, which can fight against oxygen free radicals that make people aging. Walnut kernel looks like a human brain, so there is a saying that eating walnuts supplements the brain. This is because walnuts contain a lot of nutrients that can nourish the brain and improve intelligence, such as lecithin, which has a good health care effect on the brain nerves, and is very suitable for growing children and adults who often use their brains.
Walnut kernel contains zinc, manganese, chromium and other indispensable trace elements. The contents of zinc and manganese are decreasing in the process of aging, and chromium has the functions of promoting glucose utilization, cholesterol metabolism and protecting cardiovascular system.
walnut kernel has obvious antitussive and antiasthmatic effects, and it has excellent curative effect on patients with chronic tracheitis and asthma in autumn and winter. It can be seen that eating walnuts regularly can not only strengthen the body, but also resist aging. Some people often take tonics. In fact, it is really beneficial to eat a few walnuts every morning and evening, which is often better than taking tonics. When eating, be careful not to peel off the thin brown skin on the surface of walnut kernel, which will lose some nutrients.
TCM viewpoint: Walnut is mild in nature, which can replenish blood, yin and vitality. It is suitable for people with weak constitution and deficiency of qi and blood, and it is a good tonic. Nourishing secret recipe: Walnut is cooked with red dates, black sesame seeds, donkey-hide gelatin and rock sugar, and boiled to paste with slow fire. Eating it has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, enriching blood and invigorating qi, and is suitable for people with anemia and physical weakness.
Among them, the role of rock sugar can't be underestimated, because the other four foods are warm in nature, while rock sugar is cool in nature, which can offset part of the warmth, so it is not easy to get angry when eating.
The first of the four nuts: hazelnut lowers blood pressure and blood fat
Among the "four nuts in the world", hazelnut has not only been eaten by people for the longest time, but also has the highest nutritional value, and has the title of "king of nuts". Hazelnut is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and protein, and the contents of carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B, iron, zinc, phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients are also considerable, which are dominant in the four major nuts.
Although hazelnuts are rich in oil, they are all beneficial to human body, helping to lower blood pressure, reduce blood fat, protect eyesight and delay aging. Moreover, the oil rich in hazelnut is very beneficial to the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins in human body, and it has a good nourishing effect on people who are weak, weak after illness and prone to hunger.
Hazelnut has a natural aroma, and the more you chew it, the more fragrant it is. It is a very good appetizer. Hazelnut also contains taxol, an anticancer chemical, which is an active component in taxol. This substance can treat ovarian cancer, breast cancer and other cancers, and prolong the life span of patients.
TCM viewpoint: hazelnut has the effects of invigorating the spleen and stomach, benefiting qi and improving eyesight, and is beneficial to the symptoms of deficiency of lung and kidney such as thirst quenching and nocturia. Usually it is good to stir-fry or cook porridge and soup. However, hazelnuts are warm in nature and easy to get angry when eaten too much.
generally speaking, it is appropriate to take a small handful (25 ~ 3g) five times a week. Nourishing secret recipe: put hazelnut, lotus seed and japonica rice together and cook it into "hazelnut lotus porridge", which is not only delicious, but also rich in nutrition. People with cancer and diabetes can drink more at ordinary times.
The only cool dried fruit: almonds can lower cholesterol and protect the heart
A new research result shows that people with normal or slightly higher cholesterol level can use almonds (China almonds) to replace foods with low nutritional density in their diet, so as to lower blood cholesterol and keep their hearts healthy.
besides being rich in unsaturated fatty acids, almonds also contain high levels of vitamin c and vitamin e, which makes the beauty function of almonds stand out. Of course, the contents of trace elements in almonds, such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, which are indispensable to human body, are also not inferior. These nutrients work together, and almonds can effectively reduce the risk of heart disease.
TCM viewpoint: Almond is the only cool thing among the four nuts, so it is very suitable for dry autumn. Almond also has unique functions of relieving cough, moistening lung and stopping asthma, which can effectively deal with cough symptoms that often appear in autumn.
Nourishing secret recipe: Steamed meat with almond powder, that is, using almond powder instead of steamed meat powder in steamed meat, adding cooking wine, soy sauce and appropriate amount of salt, or adding rock sugar and steaming on a steamer. This dish has the effects of clearing away lung-heat, resolving phlegm, relieving sore throat and relaxing bowels.
almond porridge: take 3 grams of almonds and 1 grams of rice, and add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge. This medicated diet has the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Friends with insomnia and irritability may wish to try it. Edible tip: Almonds can meet the needs of people of all ages, so there are not too many restrictions on eating. Generally speaking, eating almonds twice a week, one handful (3 grams) each time, about 2~25 capsules, will reduce the chance of suffering from heart disease or coronary heart disease by 5% for a long time.
The sugar content is relatively high: Can cashews prevent diseases? Eating too much makes you allergic < P > Cashew nuts contain 21% protein and 4% unsaturated fatty acids, and are rich in trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, zinc and iron, which have antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-tumor and anti-cardiovascular effects. The fat contained in it is mostly unsaturated fatty acids, of which oleic acid accounts for 67.4% of the total fatty acids and linoleic acid accounts for 19.8%, which is a good food for patients with hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease.
whether fried, salted or candied, they are delicious and have a unique flavor. Compared with other nuts such as hazelnut, walnut and almond, the sugar content of cashew nuts is relatively high, accounting for about 25% of the total nutrients, while the sugar content of hazelnut is 15%, almond is 1% and walnut is only 8%. Therefore, obese and diabetic patients must be careful to eat. Traditional Chinese medicine point of view: cashew nuts are sweet, flat and non-toxic.
Reference: Eating Four Nuts for Tonifying Health in Autumn and Winter-Health News Network?