Pine nuts — it not only is very tasty, but also it is very useful. Do of them oils and tinctures which are recommended in many cases. And nutlets are, purely, saturated the mass of poleznost. If it interested you, then it is not necessary to pass by this article to you precisely. In it we will in detail tell about all advantages and also methods of application of this product.
Structure, nutrition value and caloric content
In general pine nuts — not absolutely nuts. So generally call grains of some types of the cedar pines giving edible seeds. At them there is a set of substances necessary to the person: 50-60% of fats, 15-25% of proteins, starch, sugar. If to consider on weight, in 100 g of this product contains:
- proteins — 13.69 g;
- fats — 68.37 g;
- carbohydrates — 9.38 g.
Also in nutlets there are a lot of vitamins — A, B, E, C, K. Caloric content of nuts of a cedar — about 680 kcal on 100 g of a product.
Study useful properties of nuts cashew, black fox, a filbert, a macadamia and also, walnut, muscat, black and Brazilian nuts.
Ration
To the healthy person with an average constitution there will be enough 25 g a day. If you want to recover a little, it is possible to increase quantity of nutlets to 40 g.
Important! Thanks to high content of protein of 30 g of pine nut satisfy the daily need for this substance.
For old men with extra kilos norm — 15-20 g a day. If weight as it should be, it is possible to eat 25-30 g. At leanness at this age also 40-60 g are allowed.
50-70 g of nutlets are allowed to diabetics in day, but provided that there are no excessive kilograms. Pine nuts are very nutritious, with big percent of fat content. Eating too much them, in the future you risk to face obesity.
Useful properties
Let's learn in more detail about usefulness of nutlets of a cedar and products which of them are made.
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Consumption of nuts is favorable for:
- cardiovascular and central nervous systems, liver;
Rape oil, salmon, dried apricots, chia seeds, fruit of a pomelo, sunflower honey, salad of a chuk and fat have positive effect on activity of a cardiovascular system.
- resumption of sight, strengthening of the immune system, correct functioning of glands;
- prevention and treatment of diseases of digestion;
- fight against atherosclerosis, anemia, diabetes.
Whether you know? It appears, ancient Greeks and Romans strongly loved pine nuts and appreciated them exclusive taste. What researches of Pompeii testify to — in kitchens of locals the archeologists found these nuts.
Nutlets apply in production of medical medicines against an anemia, coronary heart disease, allergy, the lowered immunity. They also strengthen a cardiovascular system, clean an organism from bad cholesterol, improve brain activity, do bones and teeth is stronger, fill the spent energy. They can be fine substitute of meat for vegetarians.
Important! That who wants to lose weight, recommend for half an hour to food to eat a few pine nuts. They promote production of cholecystokinin which is responsible for sending to a brain of a signal of saturation. Therefore the organism quickly gorges on even in the small portion of food.
Oils
Cedar oil heals wounds, burns, frostbites. Makes the all-strengthening impact, increases physical and intellectual working capacity. Helps to overcome a syndrome of chronic fatigue, increases immunity and sight, helps toxins to leave an organism. Oil is used in fight against the following diseases:
- SARS, flu;
The cornel, thyme, essential oil of orange, flower and white honey are shown at manifestations of symptoms of flu.
- psoriasis;
- ulcer of stomach and duodenum;
- hemorrhoids;
- allergy;
- neurodermatitis;
- skin diseases;
- metabolism problems;
- baldness.
Tinctures
Infusions on the basis of nutlets of a cedar are applicable for:
- treatments of gastritis and ulcer;
- removal of salts and mobility of joints;
- fight against infections and colds;
- weakening of manifestations of rheumatism;
- healing of wounds and treatment of skin;
- resumption of acoustical and visual functions;
- strengthenings of potency.
Tincture can be made and most. Before you several simple recipes:
- With the peeled nuts. 40 g of nuts fill in 0.5 l of vodka or alcohol and put in glass capacity. Keep infusion of 40 days in the darkened place, but do not forget to mix each three days. At the end surely filter.
- With the crude nuts. Fill in 500 g of nutlets with alcohol, in 2 weeks check for existence of kernels inside. Infusion is ready to use if in nut there is no kernel.
- With the kneaded nutlets. Properly you remember nuts, pour some vodka or alcohol — 5 cm above than the level of nuts. In a week filter, pour in the glass vessel and use according to purpose.
Shells
The shell of these nutlets is saturated with cellulose, proteins, carbohydrates, calcium. The tannins which are present at it heal and disinfect different internal damages, preventing their inflammation. Tincture does the immune system of a shell stronger, in addition making active it.
We recommend to you to get acquainted with products rich in cellulose.
It treat an ulcer, problems of intestines and a stomach (even poisoning), stimulate activity of bile. The compress or a lotion with this infusion promotes disposal of an allergy, abscesses, herpes and other problems of skin. Tinctures irritations and an intertrigo at kids clean up.
Features in the use
Pine nut has the features in reception — for men and women they are different. It is separately necessary to stop on reception of this product by pregnant women and children.
Advantage and harm for women
Nutlets of a cedar help women to maintain their natural beauty and treat for different illnesses:
- At a varicosity it is necessary to massage constantly legs with cedar oil twice a day.
- At psoriasis, eczema, furuncles smear with it the struck places.
- Infusion from nutlets with honey and wine helps to cope with fatigue, insomnia, spasms of muscles. The same tincture is applied in fight against stones in uric and bilious bubbles, an anemia. Still it cleans blood and treats liver diseases.
- Nutlets do inflow of breast milk more and better.
- This broth perfectly influences climacteric manifestations and plentiful bleedings in the period of periods.
- Contraindication are the individual intolerance and excessive completeness.
Advantage and harm for men
Pine nuts are good for potency, thanks to availability of zinc and vitamins, and still to arginine — the substance which is responsible for the correct work of an urinogenital system what the erection depends on. The same contraindications, as women have an intolerance and excess weight.
Are also useful to increase in male power: marjoram, thyme, dogrose, sour cream, black radish, sesame seed, kalganovy root, mango and kiwi.
At pregnancy
Pine nuts are very useful therefore they are advised by all means to enter into a diet of pregnant women. About their advantage we already mentioned above including about the fact that this product promotes a lactation. Therefore on the eve of childbirth and after them surely eat cedar nuts.
Important! The composition of nutritious mixes which replace milk at its intolerance includes cedar flour.
However, you should not forget about personal intolerance of a product and also not to overeat it if is not in your plans to gather extra kilos. To pregnant women recommend to eat no more than 2 tablespoons of kernels a day.
Features of baby food
Pine nuts are useful also to children, in them there is a lot of arginine and tin which are very necessary during the intensive growth of the kid. Nut of a cedar tree is considered hypoallergenic, but consider individual intolerance.
Begin to give nutlets to the kid somewhere in 3-4 years if the child has tendency to an allergy — from 5 years and more. Recommendations:
- the first time give only 2-4 g of a product, no more, and look at reaction of an organism of the kid;
- at preschool age it is optimum — to 20 g a day and no more than two times a week, in elementary grades the portion is allowed to be raised to 30-40 g, then — to 50 g;
- it is desirable to eat nutlets at the beginning of day not to overload digestion by the evening;
- do not combine cedar nutlets with consumption of meat or milk not to overload a stomach, they are proteinaceous products.
Important! Do not allow the child to eat many nuts, it can pour out in digestion illnesses. And when developing rash or a diarrhea/lock at once remove nutlets from food!
Application in cookery
Besides consumption of nuts in the natural form, it is also possible to fry them a little as sunflower seeds. Besides, they — a component of considerable amount of salads and sauces. For example, widely known Italian pesto sauce becomes with addition of pine nuts.
Also in cookery they are used as seasonings and by spices. Supplement with them meat, fish, vegetable dishes. These nuts perfectly approach fat cheeses. With this product do various desserts. They are put in cookies, cake layers and creams for cakes. Apply as decoration of ice cream, mousses or jelly.
Whether you know? A kind of pine nut are stone pine nutlets (seeds of the Italian pine of the same name). And so, the hero all of the famous fairy tale, Pinocchio, was made of a piniyevy log why received this name. By the way, threw cones of the same tree of Pinocchio in Karabasa-Barabas, being protected from it.
How to choose
To buy fresh and tasty nuts, consider such moments:
- color of a shell and kernel has to be uniform (specks speak about diseases or parasites);
- kernels should not be very dry, otherwise you risk to buy a stale product;
- it is better to take nutlets identical by the size;
- having taken a handful of nuts, you have to experience well their weight and small humidity;
- the darkened tip of the cleaned kernel says about what nuts store already long ago;
- black tochechka on the crude nut — an indicator that inside a kernel, and nut without dark speck can be empty;
- nut should not have others smell;
- the normal size of a nutlet — the area of a nail on a little finger of a female hand;
- if the cover very dark, a characteristic speck on it is absent and also there is a small raid — it the kernel is spoiled.
How to store pine nuts
It is necessary to consider that storage of nuts in a shell and without it differs a little.
Cleaned
They are kept in the fridge, having put before it in glass capacity and having closed a cover, but so that they both did not choke, and did not get unnecessary smells.
Saving term — is no more than 3 months. However, the freezer can increase this term — up to 6-8 months. In that case it is necessary to put chishcheny nuts in a polyethylene bag for freezing of products, to close and leave tight in the freezer.
In a shell
Nuts in a shell preserve also in sacks. The place where they will be stored, has to be cool and perfectly aired and also by all means dark as under the influence of light vegetable oils decay, and nuts become bitter. Unpeeled nuts can also be put in polyethylene sacks with the gas-passing membrane. At the same time it is necessary to look there from time to time, checking quality of a product. Thus nuts can lie no more than 3 months. To increase this term, put nuts in a jar from glass, close a cover and put in the fridge.
How to clean
Ways of cleaning of nuts of a cedar tree (of course, besides use of own teeth) a little:
- Kill them in water for 12-24 hours, so they will more simply be cleaned.
- Fill in with boiled water for 5-10 minutes.
- It is possible and freeze nutlets as such shell more fragile. After freezing put them in a package, let out from it the air and tie. Lower a bag on a firm surface and crush each nut a rolling pin, but do not overdo, otherwise you will spoil kernels. Untie a bag and clean nuts from a shell.
- Fry in a frying pan or calcinate in the wind furnace at a temperature of 110-120 °C for 2-3 minutes. Any fat does not need to be put.
- Break the hammer or crush any other tool (flat-nose pliers, a chesnokodavka), but it is very accurate!
As you can see, pine nuts — just a well of poleznost. Therefore if you, of course, do not suffer from individual intolerance or excess weight, surely you enter these wonderful nuts into the diet. Though they will help too those who wants to lose weight. It is necessary to choose and store only correctly them and also to consider possible contraindications.