Do you often have trouble tossing and turning at night? A new study in the United States points out that eating a handful of walnuts helps you sleep.
According to the British "Daily Mail" recently reported that insomnia has become one of the most serious health challenges in today's society. A new study by Texas State University Health Science Center College shows that walnuts contain quite a lot of melatonin, which can help you sleep. Melatonin is a hormone that regulates the sleep rhythm of human body. The human brain secretes a small amount of this substance during the day and more at night. The increase of melatonin at night is an important guarantee for a good sleep. However, with the increase of age, many people's ability to secrete melatonin at night will be weakened, which will often seriously destroy the normal sleep mode.
It should be noted that walnuts contain more fat. If you eat too much before bed, it will affect your sleep. It is best to eat only a handful of walnuts, or drink a bowl of paste made of walnut powder and black sesame powder.
Good for the heart
Walnut contains a variety of unsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, which can reduce cholesterol content. Therefore, eating stone walnuts is good for people's hearts.
3. Eat walnuts to nourish the brain
Walnut kernels can be pounded into "walnut paste" with rock sugar and hidden in porcelain jars. Take two spoonfuls at a time and rinse with boiling water. When washing, there is a layer of white liquid floating in the cup. This is "walnut milk", which is delicious.
Help beauty
If you eat the "walnut porridge" boiled with walnut kernel powder for a long time, it can nourish the skin and make people white and tender, especially suitable for the elderly.
5. Walnuts can also resist aging.
Vitamin E contained in walnut kernel can protect cells from oxidative damage by free radicals, which is recognized as an anti-aging substance in the medical field, so walnut is called "Long live my son" and "longevity fruit".
Supplement trace elements
Phospholipids in walnuts have a good health care effect on brain nerves. Walnut oil contains unsaturated fatty acids, which can prevent and treat arteriosclerosis. Walnut kernel contains zinc, manganese, chromium and other indispensable trace elements. The contents of zinc and manganese are decreasing in the process of aging, and chromium can promote glucose utilization, cholesterol metabolism and protect cardiovascular system. Walnut kernel also has a very obvious effect on relieving cough and asthma, and has excellent curative effect on patients with chronic bronchitis and asthma in autumn and winter. It can be seen that eating walnuts regularly can not only strengthen the body, but also resist aging. Some people often take tonics. In fact, it is really good to eat a few walnuts every morning and evening, which is often better than taking tonic.
Reminder: Although walnuts have high nutritional value, don't eat too much at a time, otherwise it will affect digestion. Some people like to peel off the thin brown skin on the surface of walnut kernel, which will lose some nutrients, so don't peel off this skin.