What are the nutritional values ​​of almonds and what foods should not be eaten with them?

Speaking of almonds, I think of the apricot tree at the door of my house. Every time the fruit is ripe, the tree is full of joy. I climb up the tree every day to pick apricots and never get tired of it. So what is the nutritional value of almonds? What foods can't be eaten with them?

1. Nutritional value of almonds

① Bitter almonds can relieve cough and asthma, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements, and can treat lung diseases, coughs and other diseases.

②Sweet almonds and the dried almonds we eat daily are more moisturizing and have a certain lung-tonifying effect.

③Almonds 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.

④Almonds also have beauty benefits. They can promote skin microcirculation and make the skin rosy and shiny.

⑤Almonds also have anti-tumor effects. The anti-tumor effect of almonds is mainly due to the fact that bitter almonds contain a biologically active substance, amygdalin, which can enter the blood and kill cancer cells, but has no effect on healthy cells. Therefore, it can improve the symptoms of advanced cancer patients and prolong their survival. At the same time, because it contains rich carotene, it can resist oxidation, prevent free radicals from invading cells, and has the effect of preventing tumors.

2. How to eat almonds

① Almond porridge

Ingredients: 10 grams of almonds, 50 grams of rice.

Preparation: Grind the sweet almonds into a paste, wash the rice thoroughly, mix the two ingredients together with appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat until cooked.

Efficacy: Antitussive and antiasthmatic. Suitable for cough and asthma. Regular consumption by healthy people can prevent diseases and strengthen the body.

②Almond, Tremella and Hawthorn Soup

Ingredients: 50 grams of water-soaked Tremella fuciformis, 25 grams of almonds, 30 grams of hawthorn, 20 wolfberries, appropriate amounts of salt, white sugar, and candied dates.

Preparation: Wash the Tremella fuciformis and tear it into small pieces. Wash the almonds and wolfberries separately. Wash the hawthorns, remove the seeds and slice them. Pour an appropriate amount of cold water into a casserole, add the Tremella fuciformis and wolfberries, and bring to a boil over medium heat. Add the almonds, hawthorn slices, salt and sugar, and cook over high heat for 2 minutes. Pour into a bowl and add honey to taste.

Effect: Hawthorn and Tremella fuciformis soup can cool down the summer and tastes even better after being frozen.

So, what are the taboos of eating almonds?

Although almonds have many medicinal and edible values, they cannot be eaten in large quantities. Almonds contain the toxic substance hydrocyanic acid (100 grams of bitter almonds decompose and release 100 to 250 mg of hydrocyanic acid. The lethal dose of hydrocyanic acid is 60 mg. The hydrocyanic acid content of sweet almonds is about one-third of that of bitter almonds). Overdose can cause poisoning. Therefore, before eating, they must be soaked in water several times and heated and boiled to reduce or even eliminate the toxic substances in them; pregnant women, young children, people with a hot constitution, and diabetic patients should not eat apricots and their products.

In addition, when eating almonds, you should also pay attention to food incompatibility. Almonds cannot be eaten with millet. Almonds cannot be used with astragalus, scutellaria, kudzu root and other medicines. Almonds cannot be eaten with chestnuts: eating them together will cause stomachache.