The nutritional value of walnuts and how to eat walnuts best

Everyone must be familiar with walnuts. It is the most common nut ingredient in life. It can improve brain function, delay aging, and has many benefits to the human body. However, many people only know that walnuts have high nutritional value when eating them, but they don’t know what nutrients they contain. Today, the editor will give a detailed introduction and let everyone know how to eat walnuts best.

Nutritional value of walnuts

More than 80% of walnut kernels are fat, and these fats can be divided into saturated fat and unsaturated fat. People only need to eat 100 grams of walnuts a day to meet the body's need for fat. In addition, walnuts also contain trace elements such as magnesium, potassium and phosphorus, as well as nutrients such as niacin, protein and carbohydrates, making them the "king of dried fruits".

How to eat walnuts

Walnut and chestnut porridge

1. Although walnut is a food with extremely high nutritional value, it is not conducive to its edible effect if eaten alone. It is best to cook porridge with red beans and chestnuts. When cooking porridge, you need to prepare 50 grams of walnut kernels, 100 grams of chestnut meat, 50 grams of red beans, and an appropriate amount of water.

2. Soak the prepared red beans in warm water for three hours, remove the skin of walnuts and chestnuts, wash them with clean water, put them in a pot together with the soaked red beans, add enough water and cook for one hour. After taking it out, you can eat it directly. It can replenish qi and blood, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and it can play an important role in promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding.

Walnut sesame paste

Usually, eating walnuts and black sesame seeds together is also very effective. Before using, you can remove the shell of the walnuts, take out the kernels inside and fry them in a pan, then fry the sesame seeds in the pan. After frying them, grind them all into fine powder and mix them together. Take 20 grams each time and put them in a cup with boiling water to make black sesame paste. You can eat it directly. This way of eating walnuts can make its kidney-tonifying and hair-blackening effects more obvious.