Nutritional value of pine nuts
Pine nuts, as the name implies, are the seeds of pine trees. Among Chinese medicines, they are not only important Chinese medicines, but also excellent foods. Long-term consumption can not only keep the body healthy, but also moisturize the skin and prolong life. Pine nuts are rich in vitamin E, which is a strong antioxidant and has a good effect on softening blood vessels. Its content can be said to be the champion of all nuts, and it is an ideal health food for middle-aged and elderly people.
Pine nuts also contain a lot of unsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and other substances, which can reduce blood lipid and prevent cardiovascular diseases; It is also rich in phosphorus and manganese, which has a good nourishing effect on the brain and nerves. It is a good brain tonic for students and mental workers, and also has a good preventive effect on Alzheimer's disease.
The efficacy and function of pine nuts;
Pine nuts contain a lot of unsaturated fatty acids. Eating pine nuts regularly can strengthen the body, especially for the elderly, low back pain, constipation, dizziness and children's growth retardation. Has the effects of invigorating kidney, invigorating qi, nourishing blood, moistening intestine, nourishing and strengthening body, and can be used for treating dry cough, hematemesis, constipation, etc. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" contains "dispelling wind and cold, deficiency and qi deficiency, tonifying deficiency, moistening skin and nourishing five internal organs". "Yu Yao Bo Jie" has the theory of "moistening lung to relieve cough, moistening intestine to relieve constipation, switching off arthralgia, nourishing skin and promoting hair growth". It can be seen that eating pine nuts often can prolong life, beauty beauty. Anyone who suffers from loose stool due to spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency and excessive damp phlegm should not eat more.
Edible method of pine nuts
1. pine nuts are edible and can be used to extract oil; The catering industry often uses it as an ingredient in cooking dishes. Pine nuts are mainly fried and can be eaten regardless of age.
2. pine nuts stored for a long time will produce "oily" taste and should not be eaten.
3. Although pine nuts have high nutritional value, they are high in calories and oil, and they are easy to get fat if eaten too much, so don't eat too much every day, generally 20-30g is enough. In addition, most of the pine nuts we eat every day are fried, and the salt content is relatively high after heating. In this respect, you should not eat too much pine nuts every day, which requires special attention.
Side effects and taboos of pine nuts
Although pine nuts can soften blood vessels and lower blood lipids, they are not omnipotent foods, so we should pay attention to avoid its side effects. Although it is good, it is not suitable for everyone. People with spleen deficiency, loose stool, kidney deficiency and excessive wet phlegm should not eat more pine nuts to avoid adverse side effects after digestion and absorption.
Because pine nuts are oily and rich in oil, excessive consumption will increase body fat, so people with gallbladder dysfunction should be careful to eat them.
Nutritional value of pine nuts
First, the nutritional value of pine nuts
1. Pine nuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which can reduce blood lipid and prevent cardiovascular diseases.
2. Pine nuts contain a lot of minerals, such as calcium, iron, phosphorus and potassium. It can provide rich nutrition for body tissues, strengthen bones and muscles and eliminate fatigue, which is of great benefit to the health care of the elderly.
3. Vitamin E in pine nuts is as high as 30%, which has a good effect of softening blood vessels and delaying aging. It is an ideal health food for middle-aged and elderly people, and also an ideal food for moisturizing and beautifying women.
4, pine nuts are rich in fatty oil, which can moisten the intestines and relax the bowels, stop diarrhea without hurting the righteousness, and have a certain therapeutic effect on constipation in the elderly and constipation in children.
5. The fat components in pine nuts are unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic acid and linoleic acid, which has a good effect on softening blood vessels and is an ideal healthy food for middle-aged and elderly people.
6. Pine nuts are rich in phosphorus and manganese, which is good for the brain and nerves. It is a good brain tonic for students and mental workers, and also has a good preventive effect on Alzheimer's disease.
Second, the efficacy and role of pine nuts
1, lung yin deficiency, hemoptysis due to cough; Intestinal dryness due to yin deficiency, constipation, liver blood deficiency, dizziness: 20g of sea pine nuts, and 0/00g of japonica rice/kloc. Grind sea pine nuts, wash japonica rice, put them together in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, first boil them with strong fire, and then simmer them with slow fire for 20 ~ 30 minutes, taking the rice as cooked and rotten. Eat it in the morning and evening or as a snack.
2. Deficiency of lung and spleen, dry cough with little phlegm, hemoptysis, shortness of breath, and weakness of limbs; Yin deficiency, intestinal dryness, constipation and pine nut sugar: take 250 grams of sea pine nuts and 500 grams of white sugar. Put sugar into a pot and add water to dissolve it. Fry with slow fire to break the sugar shreds. Put the pine nuts into the sea while they are hot and stir well. Immediately pour it into an enamel dish coated with cooked oil, spread it out, cut it into small pieces with a knife and let it cool. Take 1 RMB each time, 3-4 times a day.
3, liver and kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, impatience and irritability, tinnitus and dry throat, weak waist and knees, difficulty in defecation. Pine nut soup: sea pine kernel 10g, black sesame 10g, medlar 10g, chrysanthemum 10g. Put the above four ingredients together in a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, and decoct for 40 minutes to get juice. Boil the residue in water for another 30 minutes, take the juice, combine the liquid medicine twice, and take it warm twice.
4, liver and blood deficiency, dizziness, etc. ; Pine nut paste for healthy people to strengthen their health and prolong life: 500 grams of sea pine nut. Removing impurities from sea pine kernels, mashing, grinding into paste, and bottling. Take 15g each time, 2 ~ 3 times a day, and send warm wine.
Third, diet therapy.
1, pine nut porridge
Ingredients: 50 grams of pine nuts, 50 grams of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of honey.
Method: Grind pine nuts and cook porridge with japonica rice. After the porridge is cooked, pour a proper amount of honey and serve.
Usage: Take it on an empty stomach in the morning and before going to bed at night.
Efficacy: tonify deficiency, promote fluid production, moisten lung and smooth intestine. Suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, senility, postpartum asthenia, dizziness, lung dryness and hemoptysis, chronic constipation, etc.
Fourth, it is suitable for people.
The general population can eat it.
1, suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with weak constitution, dry stool and chronic bronchitis without phlegm; Suitable for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;
2, loose stool, slippery, cough, diarrhea taboo; Because it is rich in oil, people with severe gallbladder function should eat it carefully.
Five, peeling pine nuts tips
Pine nuts are the seeds of pine trees. Pine nuts contain fat, protein and carbohydrates. Pine nuts are not only important traditional Chinese medicine, but also have high therapeutic value.
First put the pine nuts in the microwave oven for five or six minutes. Then, take the pine nuts out to dry for a while, and then put them in to bake for five or six minutes. After the pine nuts are taken out, put them in cold water while they are hot, and then take them out to dry.