When it comes to healthy snacks, nuts definitely make the list. Many friends who love health care have to eat some nuts every day, which can not only satisfy the enjoyment of taste, but also provide a variety of nutrients needed by the human body, protect the heart, strengthen the brain, clear blood vessels, anti-aging... The benefits are many.
But Coco here to remind everyone that nuts are good, but not for everyone. If you eat incorrectly, not only is it not healthy, but it may be "healthy"!
Walnuts, chestnuts, peanuts, sunflower seeds... What are the benefits of these nuts, which are common in life? How to eat more healthier? And what are the food taboos? Let's take a look at it with Coco
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Walnut: "The Fruit of brain health"
1 walnut kernel: outstanding brain strengthening effect
Compared with other nuts, walnut is best known for its brain-toning effect: among them, the rich phospholipids are an important part of brain tissue, which can enhance the brain's memory and thinking ability;
It also contains a large amount of DHA, which is an important substance that constitutes the neural membrane of the cerebral cortex, which can maintain the integrity of the cell membrane of the brain, and has the effect of promoting brain development and improving memory, which is called "brain gold".
2 distraction wood: good kidney stabilization effect
When eating walnuts, there is a "baby" that you must not throw away, that is, the space between walnut kernels - distraction wood.
Chinese medicine believes that distraction wood has the effect of fixing kidney astringent essence, which has a good effect on the treatment of urinary frequency, urgency of urination, and long-term diarrhea; in addition, distraction wood has a better effect on calming the nerves and can help alleviate the symptoms of stress and insomnia. You can put a little while making tea.
[Food contraindications]: walnuts are warm, eating too much is easy to produce phlegm fire, so there are phlegm yellow, fever and asthma, irritability and vomiting and other symptoms of phlegm fire inside the fire, yin deficiency fire, stool thinning and easy nosebleeds, should eat less or fast walnuts.
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Chestnut: "The Fruit of kidney replenishment"
Chinese medicine believes that chestnuts taste sweet and warm, into the spleen, stomach, kidney meridians, has the effect of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, supplementing the kidneys and strengthening the waist. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it was recorded that "Chestnut cures kidney deficiency, waist and leg weakness, can pass through the kidneys, and thick intestines and stomachs", which is suitable for daily consumption of people such as kidney deficiency, waist and knee weakness, muscle and bone pain.
However, chestnuts are good, but you need to master the following 3 points to benefit more:
1 Place of origin: There is a distinction between north and south
The types of chestnuts, according to the origin of the north and south, can be summarized into a sentence called "south chestnut kidney, north chestnut spleen" - the chestnut produced in the south is large, the starch content is higher, and the kidney tonic effect is stronger; while the small chestnuts produced in the north have a high sugar content and a stronger spleen effect.
2 Eating method: there is a distinction between raw and cooked
In addition, chestnuts also have raw and cooked points: cooked chestnuts to replenish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and kidneys, and strengthen the body; raw chestnuts are more for the treatment of waist and leg pain, and the Tang Dynasty's "Qianjin Food Treatment" records that "raw food, even cure waist and feet".
3 choices: 3 types of people to eat less
(1) Chestnuts are rich in sugar, and eating too much will affect the stability of blood sugar, so diabetics should eat carefully and control the amount;
(2) Chestnuts have a high starch content, a strong sense of fullness and are not easy to digest, so people with indigestion and loose stools should eat less;
(3) Chestnuts have higher calories, usually as high as 214 kcal per 100 grams of cooked chestnuts, while the calories of a bowl of rice are only 116 kcal, so people who lose weight should control the amount when eating.
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Sunflower Seeds: "Fruit of Tranquility"
1 small melon seed, nourishing and calming
Sunflower seeds are one of the foods with the highest vitamin E content, up to 26.5mg/100g, eating about 10 grams of sunflower seeds a day can meet 19% of most people's daily vitamin E needs!
Vitamin E is an antioxidant that helps inhibit the production of free radicals, improve blood circulation, and reduce the production of wrinkles, making the skin firm and elastic, and playing a role in delaying aging to a certain extent.
In addition, sunflower seeds are also rich in B vitamins, which help stabilize mood, improve anxiety, depression, insomnia and other symptoms, and play a role in enhancing memory.
2 Although melon seeds are good, don't eat too much
(1) Melon seeds eat too much, which can easily lead to excessive fat.
On the one hand, the oil content of the melon seeds themselves is high, and there are about 50g of fat per 100g of melon seeds, and the calories are even as high as 600 kcal; in addition, when many people eat melon seeds, they are eaten one by one, it is easy to eat more, and the fat content of the intake is high.
(2) Eating too many melon seeds may dry the mouth.
Eating too much melon seeds will consume saliva and dry the mouth, so people with mouth ulcers and gingivitis should eat less melon seeds.
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Peanuts: "The Fruit of the Stomach"
1 peanut: tonic spleen and stomach effect is good
The flower creature is inexpensive and has the reputation of "long-lived fruit". Chinese medicine believes that peanuts are flat and sweet, into the spleen, lungs, can wake up the spleen and stomach, moisturize the lungs and phlegm, nourish and regulate qi, clear the throat and cough.
From the perspective of modern nutrition, a large number of proteins can help neutralize gastric acid, and fat can stimulate the small intestinal mucosa to secrete enteroleptin to achieve the effect of inhibiting gastric acid secretion; the phospholipids contained can help protect the gastric mucosa.
Experts have also mentioned in the program: get up in the morning and chew 10 raw peanuts on an empty stomach, chew until very fine, and then instinctively swallow the fine peanut pulp, which can help people with large acid secretion to relieve the discomfort symptoms of acid reflux and belching.
2 peel, fruit shell is also a "health treasure"
Not only is the health effect of peanut nuts good, but even the peels and shells that are often peeled off and thrown away by us are also a "treasure", and there are many health benefits when used correctly:
◎ Peanut red coat: to help coagulation, hemostasis.
Peanut red coat contains peanuts and catechins and other components, can fight against the dissolution of fibrin, can reduce bleeding, shorten the clotting time, promote bone marrow hematopoiesis, increase the content of platelets, improve the quality of platelets, and have auxiliary effects on hemophilia, thrombocytopenic purpura and other diseases.
◎Peanut shell: cough, antioxidant.
Peanut shell is a traditional Chinese medicine, with the effect of lung cough, can be used for long cough and asthma, cough sputum with blood and other symptoms; in addition, peanut shell also contains flavonoids, luteolin and other antioxidants, can reduce the body's excess free radicals on the invasion of blood vessels, to a certain extent can eliminate skin dullness.
3 Peanuts are good, 3 types of people should eat less
(1) Gastric ulcers, enteritis, gallbladder removal, indigestion should eat less, so as not to increase the burden on the stomach and intestines.
(2) People with bruising, blood viscosity or thrombosis should not eat more, especially can not eat the outer layer of peanuts in the red coat, which has a coagulation function, after eating may make the blood stasis not disperse, aggravate the swelling and pain, or cause thrombosis.
(3) People with diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and obesity do not eat or eat less. Such people themselves need to strictly control the intake of oil and fat every day, coupled with the high oil content of peanuts, eating more can easily lead to excessive intake of oil and fat.
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Eat nuts healthily, "3 noes" to keep in mind
1 Do not eat too much nuts
The fat content of nuts is basically 46% to 76%, although most of them are unsaturated fatty acids, but excessive intake will also lead to excessive calories. Therefore, although nuts are well nourished, they cannot be greedy, and they must control the amount when eating.
According to the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents, it is enough to eat 50 to 70 grams of nuts per person per week, that is, an average of about 10 grams per day. If you accidentally eat too much, you need to reduce the amount of three meals a day to avoid obesity.
2 Do not eat nuts that are damp and mildew
Bulk nuts are susceptible to moisture mold due to frequent contact with air, and may even produce highly toxic aflatoxin. If you eat food contaminated by it for a long time, it is easy to lead to DNA changes and induce liver cancer. Even 1 mg of aflatoxin can cause cancer; if 20 mg is consumed at once, it can even directly lead to the death of adults!
Therefore, when eating moldy and bitter nuts, you must spit them out and rinse your mouth in time. If a few nuts are moldy, it is best to throw away the whole package, because Aspergillus flavus are transmitted in the form of spores, and the food is easily implicated in mildew, but it cannot be seen with the naked eye.
3 Do not eat nuts that taste too heavy
First of all, the heavier the taste of nuts in the amount of salt added often larger, long-term consumption can easily cause sodium intake exceeding the standard, the blood vessels, heart, kidneys, etc. will cause damage; in addition, many nuts with heavy taste and strong flavor will add flavor, saccharin and other substances when processing, and excessive consumption of these ingredients is not conducive to health;
Moreover, heavy taste may also cover up the taste of nut spoilage, which is harmful to health after eating. Therefore, it is best to choose the original taste of nuts.
(I am the Great Doctor Official)