Pine nuts are the seeds of pine trees, also called sea pine nuts. Pine nuts contain fat, protein and carbohydrates. Pine nuts are not only important traditional Chinese medicine, but also have high therapeutic value. There's nothing you can't eat together, but it's best to eat after meals or in the afternoon. People with spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency and excessive phlegm should not eat more.

Taboo crowd: people with loose stool, slippery stool, expectoration and diarrhea are not allowed; Because it is rich in oil, people with severe gallbladder function should eat it carefully.

Suitable for people: the general population can eat it. Suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with weak constitution, dry stool and chronic bronchitis with no phlegm; Is suitable for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Efficacy and function of pine nuts

1. Health products for the elderly

Strengthening bones and muscles, eliminating fatigue, reducing blood fat and preventing cardiovascular diseases are of great benefit to the health care of the elderly.

2. Anti-aging

It has a good effect of softening blood vessels and delaying aging, and is an ideal food for ladies to moisturize and beautify.

Strengthening spleen and relaxing bowels

It can moisten the intestines and relax the bowels, stop diarrhea without hurting healthy qi, and has a certain dietotherapy effect on constipation caused by physical weakness in the elderly and constipation caused by insufficient body fluid in children.

4. Brain tonic

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.

5. Prevention of atherosclerosis

Has the effects of softening blood vessels and preventing and treating atherosclerosis. Therefore, the elderly often eat pine nuts, which can prevent cardiovascular diseases caused by elevated cholesterol.

6. Nourish yin and moisten lung

It has certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on elderly patients with chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, constipation, rheumatoid arthritis, neurasthenia and dizziness.

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 healthy qi, and have a certain therapeutic effect on constipation of the elderly and constipation of children with insufficient body fluid.

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.

Selection of pine nuts

Pine nuts should be bright in color, light brown in shell color, hard and brittle in shell, easy to shed kernel, large and uniform in grain, and full in shell shape. The shell is dark, the shape is not full, moldy or dry, and it is not easy to buy.

Storage of pine nuts

Loose pine nuts are best placed in a sealed container to prevent oil from oxidative deterioration. Pine nuts are afraid of high temperature, and the oil changes when they get wet. Refrigerate in a closed container and a bag of edible desiccant.

Edible method of pine nuts

1. Pine nuts are edible and can be used to extract oil; The catering industry uses it as an ingredient for cooking dishes. But 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.