Hazelnut, also known as flat hazelnut, whip, mountain chestnut, for the birch plant hazelnut seed kernel. Fruit shape like chestnut, ovoid, with yellow-brown shell. Seed kernel gas aroma, sweet taste, with oily, mature in the fall harvest. Harvest. The main origin of Turkey, in our country, hazelnut large-scale cultivation planting is relatively small, but the vast mountainous areas of northeastern and northern China, there are wild varieties, the local people collected as mountain goods for sale.
Hazelnut contains essential 8 kinds of amino acids and a variety of trace elements and minerals. Its content is several times that of other nuts to dozens of times, of which phosphorus and calcium is conducive to the development of human bones and teeth, manganese on the bones, skin, tendons, ligaments and other tissues have a complementary role. Hazelnut is rich in fat, mainly unsaturated fatty acids that the human body can not synthesize on its own, on the one hand, can promote cholesterol metabolism, on the other hand, can soften blood vessels, maintain capillary health, thereby preventing and treating hypertension, atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases. Hazelnut also promotes digestion, appetite, improve memory, prevent aging effect.
Nutrition: per 100 grams of dried hazelnuts contain 7.3 grams of water, 22 grams of protein, 44.8 grams of fat, 9.6 grams of crude fiber, 3.5 grams of ash, 14.7 grams of carbohydrates, 50 micrograms of carotenoids, riboflavin 0.15 milligrams of calcium 104 milligrams of potassium 244 milligrams of sodium 4.7 milligrams of magnesium 420 milligrams of iron 6.4 milligrams of manganese 12.94 milligrams of zinc 5.4 milligrams. 12.94 mg, zinc 5.83 mg, copper 3.03 mg, phosphorus 422 mg, selenium O.78 mcg, niacin 2.9 mg.
Medicinal effects: strengthening the spleen and stomach, liver and eyesight. The main treatment of weakness after illness, eating less fatigue, eyesight faint, long vision weakness, qi and blood insufficiency, pediatric chancre and other conditions.
Dietary contraindications: hazelnut is slippery, diarrhea and loose stools should be eaten sparingly.