Nutritional efficacy of almonds
1, bitter almond can relieve cough and asthma, moisten intestines and relieve constipation, and can treat lung disease, cough and other diseases.
2. Sweet almonds and dried almonds eaten every day are often moist and have a certain lung-tonifying effect.
3. Almonds are also rich in flavonoids and polyphenols, which can not only reduce the cholesterol content in the human body, but also significantly reduce the risk of heart disease and many chronic diseases.
4, almonds also have a cosmetic effect, which can promote skin microcirculation and make skin ruddy and shiny.
5. Almonds also have anti-tumor effect. The anti-tumor effect of almond is mainly because bitter almond contains a bioactive substance-amygdalin, which can enter the blood to kill cancer cells, but has no effect on healthy cells, so it can improve the symptoms of patients with advanced cancer and prolong their survival time. At the same time, because it is rich in carotene, it can resist oxidation, prevent free radicals from invading cells and prevent tumors.
How to eat almonds well
There are two kinds of almonds. Generally people use "South Star", that is, sweet almond, and "North Star", that is, bitter almond. Bitter almond is often used by Chinese medicine to mix with other Chinese medicines to treat colds, coughs, asthma, chronic bronchitis of the elderly, constipation of pregnant women and the elderly.
Generally speaking, bitter almond is slightly toxic, and the toxicity comes from amygdalin and emulsin. Hydrocyanic acid produced after contact with water is the "culprit" of poisoning, which can block the respiratory chain of cells and hinder the production of ATP. Amygdalin contained in 100g bitter almond can release100 ~ 250mg hydrocyanic acid, 60mg hydrocyanic acid can kill people, and it is also an important means to protect almonds. Therefore, if you eat untreated almonds, especially bitter almonds, there is a great risk of poisoning.
Almond recipe
1, almond gills
Ingredients: 60g dried Yansa gills, 300g rock sugar, clear water 1000g, peeled almonds 100g, 5g soda ash, 30g ginger, 20g liquor and 3 shallots.
Making:
(1) The foaming technology of dried fish gills refers to the making method of "rock sugar fish gills".
(2) Put the almonds in a bowl filled with warm water of 70 degrees Celsius and wait for soaking. After the almonds become soft, add a little water into the universal blender, stir until they are all pulpy, then pour out, filter with white gauze and press dry. Almond juice and almond residue will be used separately.
(3) Put the developed fish gills into a pot, add 750g of clean water, first boil them with medium fire, and then stew them with low fire. After stewing for about 1 hour, add almond residue and the remaining water, then boil and stew for 1.5 hour with low fire. Then add rock sugar and cook until all the sugar is dissolved, then add almond juice and boil. Use a soup pot or a small cup.
2, almond white lung
Raw materials: 2 pig lungs, 30g apricot, 5g monosodium glutamate, 5g refined salt, 400g pig bone, 500g soup, and lean pork 100g.
Methods: Put the throats of two pig lungs in tap water and fill them with clear water, then gently press out the water to irrigate them for five or six times until there is no blood in the lungs, and then put them in a boiling pot to cook. Pick up, cut the throat, cut off the small lung tube and cut it into small pieces with a length of 5cm and a width of 2.5cm for later use; Soak pig bones and lean meat in boiling water and wash them; Nanxing is also washed with warm water; Put the pig lungs in a stew, add apricots, cover the pig bones and lean meat, add the soup (if there is no soup, add 500g of clear water, chicken powder 15g), monosodium glutamate and refined salt, and steam over high fire for about 60 minutes until the stew is rotten. Remove pig bones and lean meat when eating, and eat after seasoning. (Reference website: Sanjiu Health House)