What vitamins are rich in walnuts, their calorie content, useful properties and harm - why is it dangerous to eat more than 5 pieces a day? The content of the article:
- Walnut composition
- Beneficial features
- Contraindications
Walnut (Latin Juglans regia) is a southern crop belonging to the walnut family. It is a tall, powerful tree with a gorgeous crown. Its trunk diameter reaches two meters, and its height is thirty meters.
The first fruits may appear in 5-10 years, and when the age of the tree reaches 30-50 years, it will give people up to 400 kg of nuts in one season. High-calorie walnut trees are long-lived, they live for about 200 years.
As for the fruit, its outer pericarp is fleshy and green, and after ripening, it begins to turn black and separate from its own nut - a bivalve drupe. Inside it is a four-lobed seed, which is covered with a thin skin.
Walnut composition: vitamins, trace elements and calories
Walnut kernels contain vitamins C, A, B12, B2, B1, E, K, PP, iron and cobalt salts, fiber, tannins, more than 20 essential amino acids and juglone - a very valuable phytoncidal oil.
The oil obtained from the fruit by pressing is rich in unsaturated fatty acids (oleic, linolenic and linoleic) and is a valuable dietary product.
Calorie content of walnut
large, per 100 g of product is 654 kcal:
- Proteins - 15, 2 g
- Fats - 65, 2 g
- Carbohydrates - 7, 0 g
Useful properties of walnuts
The beneficial properties of these nuts are a treasure trove. Eat 4-5 of them every day, so you can protect yourself from possible radiation. They save with vitamin deficiency, with a deficiency in the body of iron and cobalt salts.
It is useful to use the fruits for diseases of the kidneys and liver, gastrointestinal tract.
In ancient times, it was believed that walnut kernels are similar to the brain and therefore have a positive effect on the development of the human mind. And not without reason, because it is an excellent prophylaxis for atherosclerosis, anemia and diseases of the cardiovascular system. With the help of vitamins A and E, the work of blood vessels will be improved and the process of resorption of sclerotic plaques will be stimulated, and vascular permeability will improve. To restore sexual function in men, it will be useful to use walnuts with honey or dried fruits. And in combination with goat's milk, they will become a good prevention of prostatitis and adenoma.
In the treatment of heel spurs, goiter, diarrhea, uterine fibroids, mastopathy, you can prepare a tincture of walnut shell partitions. Place the partitions in a dark glass dish, fill them with alcohol and leave for 14 days. Take 5-10 drops, after dissolving them in boiled water, twice a day before meals.
For infusions from the leaves and partitions of the walnut fruit, a hypoglycemic effect is characteristic, i.e. they lower blood sugar levels. In this case, replace the alcohol with water: pour a glass of boiling water over the partitions of 30–40 nuts, soak for an hour in a water bath, then cool and strain, and then you can take a teaspoon three times a day.
When preparing children's baths with scrofulous and rickets diseases, it will be useful to use walnut leaves prepared in a decoction.
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Walnut harm and contraindications
Walnut can be harmful for enterocolitis and chronic colitis, increased blood clotting and acute intestinal diseases.
If you eat a lot of them, you can cause allergic reactions - various rashes, hives, diathesis or allergic stomatitis, as well as spasms of the cerebral vessels.
During breastfeeding, you should also remember that you do not need to overeat them, this will cause allergies in the baby.
They can also harm people suffering from psoriasis, neurodermatitis, eczema and other skin diseases.
Use them in moderation, because this can threaten with unpleasant consequences: irritation of the oral cavity and inflammation of the tonsils.
Another contraindication is their high calorie content, which is harmful for obese people.
Also remember that it is dangerous to eat moldy walnuts. Due to the action of mold, aflatoxins begin to be produced, which can provoke the development of cancer.
