Walnut is also called ‘‘Qiang peach’’ and is the juglandaceae plant as well as is praised as ‘‘Four biggest famous dried fruits in the world’’ together with almond, cashew nut and filbert. Besides, it is one of the nut food deeply loved by people all the time, so do you want to know more about it? Today let me keep you informed of the details as much as i can.
First of all, rich nutritive value. 86% of fat contained in the walnut is unsaturated fattyacid, and walnut contains rich Cu, Mg, K, vitamin B6, folic acid and vitamin B1, and it also contains fiber, P, nicotinic acid, Fe, vitamin B2 and pantothenic acid. Furthermore, every walnut 50 g contains 3.6% of water content, protein 7.2g, fat 31g and carbohydrate 9.2g, so walnut also has good reputations of ‘‘Longevity fruit’’, ‘‘Treasure of health maintenance’’ and so on.
Secondly, medicinal value. Walnut is sweet, mild-natured, warm, nontoxic, slight bitter. Therefore frequently eating walnut has the effects of eradicating blood stasis and removing blood stasis, moistening dryness and lubricating the intestines.
Thirdly, food therapy value. Frequently eating walnut can decrease the rate of getting depressive disorder and decrease the risk of getting breast cancer and diabetes.
In addition to the all above points, frequently eating walnut can also relieve work and life pressure, make hair black, protect the heart and so on. Thus whether you are the elder people or adult, young people, children, you had better eat walnut as often as you can so that you can keep sufficient nutrition in your body and keep in good health.