Walnut is not the most powerful brain! Many people don't know about these effects!
According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, walnuts can "nourish qi and blood, moisten dryness and reduce phlegm, benefit Mingmen, benefit Sanjiao, warm lung and moisten intestine, treat deficiency cold, asthma and cough, waist and foot pain, heart and abdomen hernia, blood diarrhea and intestinal wind", with many effects.
And fresh walnuts and dried walnuts, in the efficacy of the emphasis is slightly different. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that fresh walnuts, without drying treatment, runlung effect is stronger; Dried walnut, is more conducive to tonifying the kidney, kidney qi deficiency is more suitable to use it to adjust the body.
1 Reduce the risk of death
The Harvard team analyzed data from 93,340 adults and found that compared with people who never ate walnuts, eating five or more 28g servings a week was associated with a 14 percent lower risk of all-cause death and a 25 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, and an approximately 1.3 years longer life expectancy.
2. Improve vascular function
Maintaining a proper ratio of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids can help reduce the risk of vascular inflammation, reduce thrombosis, inhibit the increase in "bad" cholesterol (LDL cholesterol), and improve endothelial function. The ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in walnuts is 6:1, which is a good ratio and very suitable for the human body.
In addition, a Harvard review of evidence from 26 studies on walnuts also found that participants who ate walnuts daily had significantly lower blood lipid levels, such as an average 3.25 percent lower total cholesterol, 3.73 percent lower "bad" cholesterol, and 5.52 percent lower triglycerides, than those who ate other diets.
