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Walnut

(Fruit)

Latin name: Carya cathayensis Sarg

English name: Walnut

Chinese PinYin name: Shan He Tao  

Walnut is also called Juglans, walnut is well known as one of The Four Biggest Dried Fruits in the world with almond, cashew nut and hazelnut. Walnut is grows all over the country, mainly in America, Europe and Asia. China is the second biggest country that puts out the walnut, except of America. In the foreign countries, walnut is called Strong Man Food, Nourishing Food and Puzzle Fruit; while in our China, walnut is called Longevity Fruit and Dependents Treasure. Walnut’s outstanding brain effect and rich nutritive value are praised by more and more people.
Edible part of walnut is kernel, in the words the walnut kernel or walnut meat. Walnut kernel has high nutritive value, known as longevity fruit. Walnut kernel has content of 50%~70% fat; its fatty acid is mainly the unsaturated fatty acid like linoleic acid. Walnut kernel has content of 15% protein and 10% carbohydrate. Besides, walnut kernel contains Ca, P, Fe, Vitamin A, Vitamin B2 and Vitamin E.
Walnut is one food that has both nutrition and tasty, so walnut is loved greatly by the people. Walnut kernel can be used as both medicine and food, Chinese medicine use it as the medicinal material. Walnut kernel nutrition is easy to absorb, walnut kernel is very help to people have got asthma. According to incompletely statistics, our Chinese medicine has collected dozens of prescription that make the walnut as the basic remedy or not.
Eating walnut often can prevent of hypertension, arteriosclerosis, CHD and hyperlipidemia. Because walnut kernel has content of unsaturated fatty acid which can reduce bowel to cholesterol absorb, help endogenous cholesterol degrade into bile acid in liver, and remove from body, and then lower cholesterol levels. Walnut has content of corylifolinin which has the function of expanding coronary artery. American scientists have discovered that if people have 3 pieces of walnuts, it can reduce the incidence of heart disease.
Walnut Kernels taste delicious. Walnut kernels can be edible directly, walnut kernels can be used as main materials for making various cakes, and walnut kernels are our traditional food materials. As food materials, walnut kernels are mainly for homely food, local flavor snacks, cakes, walnut drinking, etc. In the winter, people normally make walnut kernels as natural tonic. Now some factory makes the walnut as roasted food, walnut kernels can be edible as leisure food, and has health function at the same time.