What are the benefits of eating chestnuts?
Chestnut is rich in nutritional value, and its vitamin C content is higher than that of tomatoes, and more than ten times that of apples. The minerals in chestnut are also very comprehensive, including potassium, zinc, iron, etc. Although the content is not as high as hazelnut, it is still much higher than that of ordinary fruits such as apples, especially the potassium content is more than 3 times higher than that of apples. Chestnut has a sweet and warm taste. It enters the spleen, stomach and kidneys through the three meridians. It has the functions of nourishing the stomach and spleen, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Because it is rich in carbohydrates, it can provide more calories, which is conducive to the body's resistance to cold. The unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals contained in it have better preventive and therapeutic effects on diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, arterios Rich in riboflavin, it helps prevent and accelerate the healing of mouth ulcers.
If the elderly develop the habit of eating air-dried raw chestnuts every day, it can effectively prevent and treat kidney deficiency, waist acid and leg pain. It is recommended that the elderly eat three or four raw chestnuts every morning and evening. Put the chestnuts in the mouth and chew them finely until the taste is free of residue and becomes a slurry. When swallowed little by little, it can maximize the health care effect. Cooked chestnuts can strengthen the spleen and relieve spleen deficiency. Steaming and grinding chestnut kernels to make cakes are suitable for children with less diet and thin body to increase appetite and regulate the stomach.
Cooking porridge with chestnuts and japonica rice is not only conducive to the early recovery of patients with chronic diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach deficiency, but also a dietary therapy for the elderly with indigestion and qi deficiency. If you buy sugar-fried chestnuts, eat 7-10 a day, preferably as a snack between meals. Otherwise, eat too much raw, difficult to digest, too much cooked food, easy to block the stomach, no more than 10 per day. Chestnuts should have a complete shell, natural color, and not particularly shiny.
If you don't eat the purchased raw chestnuts at that time, it is best to put them in a mesh bag or sieve with mesh and put them in a cool and ventilated place. Don't eat moldy Chen chestnuts, which are easy to cause food poisoning. Due to the high sugar content, diabetics are best to "stay away" from chestnuts. Those who are seriously angry, have a fever, have stagnant food accumulation, and have a full stomach should not eat more.
