The beneficial properties of nuts have been known to people since ancient times. It is advisable to include them in your diet, unless, of course, you have any allergies or other contraindications. But you should not overeat them either – moderation is good in everything, otherwise you can harm the body instead of good.
They are used to make jam, and also added as ingredients to various desserts. Peanuts, the fruit of the so-called peanuts, are actually legumes. Coconut is just called that, since, strictly speaking, it has nothing to do with nuts. In California, one type of nut grows, which is conditionally edible, but only conditionally, since it is toxic. However, local Indians once consumed these fruits in hungry times. Squirrels often stock up on food, including nuts, but then forget about the whereabouts of their hiding places. And since they sometimes bury food in the ground until better times, nuts then sometimes sprout. Thus, squirrels around the world plant tens of thousands of trees every year. It is known for certain that primitive people ate hundreds of thousands of years ago. Archaeologists managed to find primitive tools used to open the nutshell, created about 780 thousand years ago. Most antioxidants are found in walnuts. Their content in them is about twice as high as in any other. In the Caucasus, walnut is considered a sacred tree. Some trees growing in this region are over 400 years old.
In ancient Babylon, the common people were forbidden to eat walnuts for food, as it was believed that this could make them wiser. The priests were led to such thoughts by the outward resemblance of these fruits to the human brain. Peanut allergies are more common than allergies to any other type of nut. Although, as we have already noted above, peanuts are not nuts from the point of view of botany. Like, by the way, almonds. The expression “tough nut” arose due to the fact that their shell is sometimes difficult to crack in order to reach the fetus. In the Seychelles, the so-called Seychelles nut grows, a palm fruit that can weigh up to 30 kg. At the same time, the process of its maturation can stretch for 9-10 years. Once Australian aborigines actively ate macadamia, a nut that made up an important part of their diet. But in the modern world, macadamia is expensive, and its total yield on Earth does not exceed 40 thousand tons annually. The African traditional musical instrument “ahoko” is a wooden stick with dry nuts tied to it.
Eating walnuts with honey in moderation before bedtime contributes to a sound, healthy sleep. The lowest calories of all nuts are pistachios. To get 100 kcal, you have to eat about 30 pieces. Amulets were once made from hazelnuts, designed to scare away evil spirits and avert troubles. Cashew nuts help soothe a toothache. At the same time, raw cashews are tasteless, so they are usually fried. Pine nuts are really as healthy as they are said. Their properties were known even to Avicenna, the most famous healer of the Middle Ages, who even wrote about them in his treatises. 400 grams of walnuts is enough to completely satisfy the daily need for food for an average adult. But at the same time, eating them in such quantities can still harm the body. On one tree can grow up to 300-500 kg of walnuts per year. Activated carbon, a well-known medicine, is made from walnut shells.
