Many people like walnuts, they are tasty and nutritious. In addition, nutritionists say that these nuts are very useful. How useful walnut , we now know.
What is useful in walnuts?
This nut has unique biological properties, due to which it is able to help get rid of various ailments. The composition of the walnut includes many vitamins (C, PP, E, K, B vitamins) and trace elements (magnesium, iodine, zinc, cobalt, potassium, manganese, carotene), as well as other useful substances (polyunsaturated fatty acids, tannins , phytoncid substances). If you eat 4-5 cores a day, the nutrients in the walnut will almost completely cover the daily need for the organism in minerals and vitamins.
Due to this composition, walnut helps with cardiovascular diseases, urolithiasis, prostatitis, headache, hypertension, constipation, poor immunity, anemia, depression, poor memory and many other diseases.
It turns out that to include these nuts in the diet is useful, however, the question arises about their use in losing weight. After all, walnuts are very caloric, will not they interfere if you are in the process of losing weight?
Is the walnut useful for losing weight?
In fact, this product is useful in losing weight, despite the caloric content . The fact is that nuts are very good for snacks between basic meals. Instead of eating a candy or a roll, eat 1-2 nuts, you will get enough and calmly wait for lunch or dinner. Nuts suppress appetite and this, of course, has a positive effect on the process of losing weight.
In addition, these nuts stimulate the metabolism, remove fat from the body, of course, this leads to weight loss. A vegetable protein contained in the nut, reduces the composition of fat mass and promotes muscle growth.
If you do not really like these nuts, you can enter them into different dishes, for example, salads. And it is very useful to add nuts in porridge.
What is a good walnut for women?
So far, we have talked about the benefits of the walnut as a whole, and now let's talk about how useful this nut is for the beautiful half of humanity.
First of all, walnut is an excellent means of preventing breast cancer. Helps the nut to fight stress, and in our time, women are very prone to stress.
In addition, walnuts strengthen hair, remove dandruff, improve the skin and help with skin diseases, and nut oil has a rejuvenating effect on the body. All of us, women, want to look young, so the walnut is an indispensable helper.
By the way, young walnuts are even more useful than mature ones.
Than useful young walnuts?
Unfortunately, these green nuts are too bitter, however from them it is possible to prepare a compote or jam. In these sweet dishes, the bitter taste of nuts will not be noticeable.
In addition, you can prepare a tincture that will purify the body of toxins and normalize metabolic processes.
Tincture of green nuts on vodka
Ingredients:
- nuts - 20 pieces;
- vodka - 0,5 liters.
Preparation
Grind the green nuts and fill them with vodka. Leave the preparation to stand for 24 hours, strain. Take tincture on a tablespoon twice a day, preferably in the morning and in the evening. At the end of the course you will feel much better.