The whole truth about the walnut

Familiar from childhood walnut is sometimes lost among the products that fills the daily diet. But in vain! Five walnuts contain the daily requirement of vitamin C and twenty-five daily intake of fats, necessary for proper functioning of human body


Even in ancient times people knew about the healing and beneficial properties of walnuts, forgotten in our time. No wonder the ancient Romans and Greeks had a tradition: when the birth of a child in the family, the father had planted in the garden of the walnut tree, which was supposed to give the spirit baby's fortress, and his body - health.




The ancient Greek historian Herodotus claimed that the Babylonian priests forbade commoners to eat walnuts: walnuts resemble the human brain, therefore, it was considered that they have a beneficial effect on mental activity, and that "commoners to anything".





Three nuts for Cinderella


Walnut ranks first among the fruit - plant-based protein sources.





Fats


Nuts contains 60% fat, but most importantly, it contains fatty acids that are not synthesized in the human body and play a leading role in fat metabolism. Also in the kernels are 13, 7% carbohydrates, glucose, sucrose and a small amount of starch and cellulose.





Vitamin C


In a Mature nut is vitamin C. But especially rich in vitamin C, green nuts, which it is sometimes up to 300 mg, and this suggests that the nuts are richer in ascorbic acid than even currant and rose. In nuclei miracle nut contains other vitamins: a, B1, B2, B6, and folic acid, vitamins of group of Century Green shell nuts contains tubeline substances that have antibacterial properties.




Mineral salts




In addition, walnuts are rich in mineral salts: they contain calcium, necessary for the growth and strengthening of the body, bones and blood clotting; manganese to the brain, muscles, heart, blood; iron for the formation of hemoglobin, the processes occurring in the cells of living tissues; phosphorus - to the nervous system and muscles.




Other trace elements




Also nuts are rich in copper, zinc, iodine. As you know, zinc is part of a complex of enzymes that play an important role in the activity of the gonads, and the iodine is responsible for the normalization of the thyroid gland.





Nuts and diet


The caloric content of walnut is comparable with meat or butter: 100 g contains up to 712 kcal. But don't worry, if you're watching your weight, for women's health on the day you need to eat 5-6 nuts. The same is recommended for those whose body is weakened after an illness or surgery, patients with tuberculosis, atherosclerosis, hepatitis. Tuberculosis useful to use nuts with honey.




Nuts are recommended for Hypo - and avitaminosis. If your body lacks iron salts and cobalt, eat walnuts.




As a therapeutic diets in hypertensive patients need 45 days to eat 100 grams of walnut kernels with honey (it is possible without it). Sick women with high acidity of gastric juice is recommended to use daily 25-100 grams of walnut kernels.




Walnut numbers





100 g walnuts contains:


Water - 4.4 g


Protein - 15, 5 g


Fats - 65 g


Carbohydrates - 10.1 g


Dietary fiber (cellulose) - 1.5 g


Ash - 2.0 g




Vitamins:




Vitamin a (beta-carotene) - 0.05 mg


Vitamin B1 (thiamine) - 0.4 mg


Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) - 0.13 mg


Niacin (vitamin B3 or vitamin PP) - 1.0 mg


Folic acid (vitamin B9) - 77 mcg


Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 3 mg


Vitamin E (tocopherol) - 23 mg




The nutrients in walnuts:




Potassium - 665 mg


Calcium 120 mg


Magnesium 200 mg


Sodium 3 mg


Phosphorus - 550 mg





Trace elements in walnuts:


Iron - 2.3 mg


Manganese - 2.0 mg


Copper - 0.5 mg


The fluorine - 0.7 mg


Zinc - 2.5 mg

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