The Bible is already in the his opening chapter nuts play with cereals and fruit as well as among the ideal diet that God intended for man.
In the Stone Age, while the man ate acorns, the gods ate the nuts, the adage is that testifies to the evaluation of walnut throughout history, as well as its Latin name Juglans regia which comes from the Jovis glans, which means Jupiter’s acorns, and regia, in the translation of the Kings court. Thus, the nut is Jupiter’s acorns from the royal palace.
As ingredients in human nutrition nut has been used since the creation of the world. The Bible is already in the his opening chapter nuts play with cereals and fruit as well as among the ideal diet that God intended for man. Russian scientist Michurin called the nut “fruit tree – combine” because with it benefits all – leaves, buds, young nuts, shell walnut young, ripe fruit and wood.
The round stone fruit
Walnut is originally from Asia, where today at the foot of the Himalayas, there are forests of walnut. In Europe they brought him Roman legionaries. Deciduous tree, branch, spherically curved canopy, grows up to 25 meters, with pointed leaves long 20 to 90 centimeters.
The flowers are small and inconspicuous, walnut bloom before leafing, in April and May, and the fruits ripen in October. The fruit of the walnut is a round stone fruit, wrapped in the outer green, juicy and bitter shell. When the nut is ripe, fleshy layer is dried and cleaned, and the fruits fall out of it. Inside the woody shell of fruits of the core or seed that contains large edible shriveled cotyledons.
Energy value of 100 grams of nuts is 654 calories, of which there are 65 percent fat, 15 percent protein and 13.7 percent carbohydrates. Walnuts are an incredible source of high-quality nutrients and indispensable part of the recommendations of nutritionists. The amount of just 30 grams of various fruits daily can significantly improve health. Consuming walnuts encourages weight loss and prevention of obesity, thanks to the unique composition of phytonutrients, but it should be borne in mind that nuts are highly caloric, and that the entry must adapt balanced diet.
When buying nuts should pay attention to the color where the broken core. It must be light and uniform, a brown crust intact.
The fruit is the best smell or taste because the nut has a large percentage of fat that is easy going rancid. Walnuts can be purchased in the shell which should be whole and undamaged and uniform exterior paint without oil stains that are a sign of spoilage.