What are the benefits and effects of walnuts? A detailed guide to how to eat them
Walnuts, together with almonds, cashews and hazelnuts, are known as the world's famous "four great dried nuts". They can be eaten in many ways, such as raw, pressed for oil or made into pastries, and they are not only delicious but also highly nutritious. Walnuts are found almost all over the world, and in foreign countries they also have many laudatory names, such as "food for strongmen", "brain-boosting fruit" and so on. Walnuts are highly prized by people for their good brain-boosting effects. Let's take a look below at the benefits, effects and ways to eat walnuts.
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Benefits and effects of walnuts
1. Antioxidant
The antioxidant substances contained in walnuts are of great help in protecting the cardiovascular system and preventing stroke, so it is recommended that middle-aged and elderly people and middle-aged women eat walnuts two or three times a week, and not too many at a time, so as not to affect digestion.
2. Boosting the brain
Many people know that eating walnuts boosts the brain. The trace elements zinc and manganese contained in walnuts are important components of the pituitary gland, so regularly eating walnuts can achieve a brain-boosting effect. There is a folk saying of "nourishing a body part with a similar-shaped food"; the shape of a walnut is similar to the shape of the human brain. What this means is that the nutrients in food are absorbed quickly by the brain, and only when they are quickly absorbed by the brain can the goal of boosting the brain truly be achieved.
3. Exceptional beauty effects
The antioxidant substances contained in walnuts can resist aging and whiten the skin, so their beauty effects are beyond doubt, and they are especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to eat. In addition, the vitamin E contained in walnuts has the function of preventing cell damage, and this substance can make anti-aging efforts twice as effective with half the effort.
4. Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial
You may not know that walnuts have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. It is mainly the walnut kernel that has effects such as relieving itching and reducing inflammation, and it can be used to treat eczema, dermatitis and so on.
5. Preventing white hair
Walnut kernels have a high fat content. People who are thin and weak can supplement nutrition by eating walnuts, and people whose hair turns white early can also eat them to achieve the goal of darkening and nourishing the hair, or to prevent white hair.
How to eat walnuts
Most people now eat walnuts raw, which makes shelling walnuts a problem. Here is a little trick for shelling walnuts. First steam the walnuts for three to five minutes, then take them out and soak them in cold water for about three minutes, then gently tap them with a hammer and you can take out whole walnut kernels.