Who did not like to eat delicious and he althy walnut fruits at a very young age? In the Russian southern regions, this unique tree grew in almost every yard. In the Caucasus, a centuries-old tradition has been preserved to this day to plant a green walnut at the birth of a child. Useful properties of this unique "tree of life" people learned to extract not only from its fruits, but also from roots, twigs and leaves.
A bit of history…
From time immemorial, people have learned to improve he alth, gain energy and vitality by discovering the miraculous properties of this amazing plant. In ancient Babylon, the priests forbade the consumption of walnuts by the inhabitants of the lower class, since they were intended only for the elite. Iran, Asia Minor and Central Asia, Transcaucasia is considered the homeland of the Volosh nut. It was brought to Russia from Greece, from where it got its second name.
What miraculous nutrients are green walnuts rich inwalnut?
Useful properties of ripe fruits have been known for a long time: delicious kernels, walnut oil, rich in unsaturated fatty acids, were used in cooking, cosmetology and medicine. Not only ripe fruits are often eaten, but also nuts of milky ripeness. They can be consumed both raw and used in the preparation of national dishes, baking, making and decorating confectionery. What is the benefit of green walnut? "Food of the gods" was called this wonderful product, the composition of which is rich in he althy fats, proteins, vitamins: A, E, C, PP and group B, folic and nicotinic acids, mineral s alts and other vital substances: magnesium, potassium, iron, iodine, phosphorus. Green walnuts are especially rich in various antioxidants.
Useful properties of unripe fruits were described in the writings of Hippocrates and Avicenna. The content of vitamin C in the green peel of a walnut is 8 times higher than that in black currants and 50 times in the famous lemons and other citrus fruits. This "vitamin of youth" not only promotes cell regeneration, but also stimulates the immune system, increases vascular elasticity, prevents capillary fragility and is involved in the production of thyroid hormones. Unripe nuts are rich in carbohydrates - a source of energy and vitality, ripening, they turn into vegetable fats, which have the ability to strengthen the immune system, lower cholesterol, cleanse the body offree radicals, maintain youthful and beautiful skin, he althy hair and strong nails.
What else are green walnuts rich in?
Indispensable benefits of green walnut in the fight against many diseases. And all thanks to the content in the peel of its fruits, leaves, roots and stems of a natural antibiotic - juglone, which has a powerful antibacterial and antifungal effect. Wherever a green walnut grows, its beneficial properties have a bactericidal effect on the environment, as phytoncides cleanse the space of pathogenic bacteria. Walnut fruits in the period of milky ripeness are saturated with natural iodine. This plant, unlike others, not only stimulates the production of thyroid hormones in hypothyroidism, but also normalizes their amount in case of increased secretion, neutralizing radioactive iodine. This property helps to improve intellectual abilities and actively resist stress.
What foods can be made with green walnuts?
The medicine for a thousand diseases is called a tincture, the main ingredient of which is a green walnut. The beneficial properties of this "witch's potion" help with problems with the gastrointestinal tract and the genitourinary system, help cleanse the human body and normalize metabolism.
Unripe walnut jam is not only a favorite delicacy, but also a source of vitamins and healingproduct. Compote is prepared from unique fruits, ground with honey and sugar. All products made from green walnuts have a tonic and anti-inflammatory, blood-purifying and choleretic, antiparasitic and hepatoprotective, antitumor and sedative effects.
