How to eat walnuts is the most nutritious?

Walnuts, known as “longevity nuts” for strengthening brain and tonifying brain, are recognized as anti-aging substance in the medical field, which contain extremely high nutritional value, and contain benificial monounsaturated fatty acid, polyunsaturated fatty acid, lecithin, vitamin E, etc. Monounsaturated fatty acid and polyunsaturated fatty acid can lower levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein in blood, and prevent hypertension, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, etc. Vitamin E has the effects on improving immunity, resisting arteriosclerosis, protecting eyesight and eliminating "senile plaque". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that walnuts are sweet and warm in nature and have the effects of tonifying kidney, moistening lung and relaxing bowels.

How to eat walnut is the best?

However, people should also pay attention to the quantity and methods of eating walnuts a day when they eat walnuts, equivalent to about four or five walnuts. Generally speaking, adults consume about 40 grams walnuts, while reducing other fat intake to aviod excessive calorie intake. In addition, walnuts are hot and greasy, eating too much will make people suffer from excessive internal heat and nausea, and people suffering from excessive internal heat and diarrhea should not eat them. So how to eat walnuts can be most nutritious? The following eating methods are available for reference:

1. Eat directly. Raw walnut, longans and hawthorns together have good effects on human heart function.

2. Cook porridge. Walnuts, coix seeds and chestnuts can be used for cooking porridge and to cure diseases such as frequent micturition, spermatorrhea, loose stool and diarrhea.

3. Coated with sugar . Walnuts, sesame and lotus seeds dipped in sugar have a good effect on the treatment of deficiency sweat, and can also tonify the heart and strengthen the brain.

4. Boil soup. Walnuts can be boiled and drunk with appropriate amount of saline to treat amnesia, tinnitus, frequent urination, etc.

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