* Nuts
* Filbert The Filbert nut is related to the hazelnut. In the most accurate definition, filbert nut is one kind of hazelnut that proliferates in Europe. It is known by the scientific name, Corylus maxima , and as an eating nut, it enjoys less popularity than other forms of hazelnuts. Corylus maxima may be slightly smaller in size, tends to grow on shrubs, and are ready to pick in early August, in Europe. Using the more generic definition, the filbert nut has many applications in cooking. Unroasted and “raw, ” they provide excellent flavor, they’re a common addition to desserts, breads, and candy. Certain spreads are made with the filbert nut, including the very popular European Nutella. Plain hazelnut butter or spread might be used for something as simple as a sandwich or as complex as fancy desserts. The distinctive flavor of the hazelnut is also found in a variety of liqueurs or as flavoring for things like coffee creamers.
* Cashews
Cashew nuts grow in Nigeria, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Brazil. The cashew nut is a popular snack, and its rich flavor means that it is often eaten roasted, on its own, lightly salted or sugared, or covered in chocolate. Cashews, unlike other oily tree nuts, contain starch to about 10% of their weight. This makes them more effective than other nuts in thickening water-based dishes such as soups, meat stews, and some Indian milk-based desserts. Cashews are also a good source of dietary trace minerals copper, iron and zinc. South American countries have developed their own specialties. In Brazil, the cashew fruit juice is popular all across the country. In Panama, the cashew fruit is cooked with water and sugar for a prolonged time to make a sweet, brown, paste-like dessert called " dulce de marañón ". For some people, cashews, like other tree nuts, can lead to complications or allergic reactions.
* Pistachios are often called "the smiling nut". But, in spite of their low calorie and rich in minerals and vitamins, particularly of great interest not worth it. Daily rate for an adult only fifteen nuts. Help in the treatment of diseases of the digestive tract, respiratory tract, anemia and jaundice, with toxemia in pregnancy, increase fertility of men.
* Wonderfully delicious, almonds have long been revered as the epitome of wellness and health. The nuts are among the richest sources of health-benefiting nutrients essential for optimum health. Its plant is a small deciduous tree, native to mineral-rich West-Asian mountain ranges that provide fertile conditions favorable for their growth. The kind of well-balanced food ensuring protection against diseases and cancers. These nuts are the complete source of energy as well as nutrients. The nuts are an excellent source of vitamin E. Further, they are also an incredible source of minerals such as manganese, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and selenium. Almond oil is extracted from the nuts used as an emollient. Applied regularly, it helps keep skin well protected from dryness. Hand full of almonds a day provides much of recommended levels of minerals, vitamins, and protein. Besides, almond oil extracted from the nuts has been used in cooking, and in medicine. Almond nut allergy, although not so common as other tree nut allergies like cashew, pistachio etc, may cause hypersensitivity cross-reactions in some people to food substances prepared using the nuts.
* Walnuts are one of the several high nutrient density foods. The walnut is not only good for cooking - they are healthy nuts that can also help your heart. In the Caucasus, the walnut is revered as a sacred tree. There you can find trees older than four centuries. The fruits contain a large amount of essential amino acids, tannins and valuable minerals. Help with the physical exhaustion, anemia, diseases of the nervous system, heart and stomach.
* pine Nuts Crunchy, sweet and delicious pine nuts are small edible seeds of pine tree. Pine kernels are indeed very good source of plant derived nutrients, essential minerals, vitamins and "heart friendly" mono-unsaturated fatty acids that help benefit in reducing cholesterol levels in the blood. Furthermore, pine nuts contain healthy amounts of essential minerals like manganese, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium. Pines are one of the richest sources of manganese. Manganese is an all-important cofactor for antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. It is therefore, consumption of pines helps the body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful oxygen-free radicals.
* Brazil nuts are high in calories, contains good quantities of vitamins, anti-oxidants and minerals. Brazil nuts contain exceptionally high levels of selenium. This prevents aging. Brazil nut is the most delicious.
* Cocoanut The biggest nuts in the world - the coconut. Weight of a nut up to four pounds. In addition to good taste and flavor, nuts are high in B vitamins, macro-and micronutrients. Beneficial effect on the immune system, vision, digestive system, the thyroid gland. Coconut milk has a rejuvenating effect.
* Peanuts - peanuts There about 70 species. Nuts are an excellent antioxidant. Improve vision, hearing, and memory. Used not only as food but also as a raw material in the chemical industry in the manufacture of plastics, synthetic yarn and glue.
* Chestnuts Favorite food of many French and Italians - chestnuts. France even has a chestnut-day holiday. On this day all over the country hovers fragrant smell of roasted chestnuts, which runs from the braziers set in the streets. All the cafes can enjoy delicious dishes with the addition of chestnuts. It can be soups, soufflés, salads, pastries, and delicious desserts. But the food is not fit all, and only the fruit of chestnut seed. High in fiber, vitamins C and B. Nutritionists strongly advised vegetarians include chestnuts in your diet.
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