Category dried fruit

A touch screen, ergonomic keyboards, joysticks, mice and other contemporary devilries. Do the kids not get involved? Are they distracted and unmotivated? A matter of stimuli! It has increasingly been shown that interactivity makes the mind lazy, hyper stimulation puts our brains on the defensive, which, for its part, "no longer knows where to slam its head

Improper Use of Walnut The so-called black walnut ( Juglans nigra ) has been promoted as a potential cure for bowel cancer, since it should kill a parasite responsible for the onset of this disease. However, according to the "American Cancer Society", the scientific evidence available to date does not support the theory that black walnut skins can eliminate parasites from the intestinal tract or that they are effective in treating cancer or any other disease

For alimentary use of the seeds, for the extraction of the husk, to obtain the precious wood, to produce herbal teas and healthy decoctions ... it seems that every reason is good to cultivate the splendid Juglas regia. The Italians know a lot about the thousand uses of this plant even if, to be honest, the Bel Paese is certainly not among the nations that make use of a "record" production

There are various types of walnut, but the species grown for food (of their seeds) are two: Persian walnut or English walnut , and black walnut . They both belong to the Juglandaceae Family and Genus Juglans ; the first is from the Specie regia , while the second is from the Specie nigra . The binomial nomenclature of these plants is Juglans regia and Juglans nigra

If for the western population the tuberculosis mycobacterium has very little by now, it is instead a scourge for the Third and the Fourth World, where the disease takes almost two million lives a year. A 2008 study entitled " Antimycobacterial activity of Juglas regia, Juglas mollis, Carya illinoensis and Bocconia frutescens ", wanted to experiment with the effect of medicinal plants used in traditional Mexican medicine (including the Carya illinoensis, the tree of nuts pecan) against Tuberculosis

Hyperlipemia, which is a significant increase in blood fats, is a cardio-vascular risk factor. In this regard, it has already been known for many years that certain fats are able to improve (and others to worsen) these parameters. Fortunately, walnuts are very rich in beneficial molecules and the oil that is extracted from them is used as a phytotherapeutic drug

Walnut flour is, from time to time, used to flavor and flavor fresh egg pasta (up to 15% of the total weight of the flour) and bread or its derivatives (up to 10% of the total weight of the flour) . This is a trick that certainly satisfies the palate of those who love the taste of nuts ... but what about the nutritional aspect

Pickled walnuts or pickled walnuts are a traditional English food. Since the nineteenth century, in England, walnuts in brine are considered a real delicacy; Charles Dickens already talked about it in his book "The Pickwick Papers", published in 1836, and are also mentioned in the "Brideshead Revisited", by Evelyn Waugh

It is a fact that nut consumption is related to a reduction in cardiovascular risk. This is due to the presence of good fats, vitamins, phenolic antioxidants, fibers, etc. However, if it is known "which molecules" are responsible for the improvement of health status, it is not always completely clear "which component" of the edible portion of these seeds brings the phytotherapeutic and nutraceutical value of nuts

Very popular in the Christmas evenings and present in a wide range of delicacies, the lipidic dried fruit includes a varied class of foods, accumulated by a high energy power. The dehydration of food makes it possible to concentrate its nutrients, obtaining, for the same weight, a product particularly rich in nutrients