It's hard to find someone who is not familiar with the walnut tree and it didn't taste his delicious seed. Walnuts gladly eat not only people but even animals and birds. I think many people could watch in the fall, flying crows with walnuts in their beaks. Well, that rodents just love this delicacy, no doubt. Even the small children know what "squirrel song sings, Yes all nuts chewing" and brothers the chipmunks "Chip and Dale" also partial to nuts. Yes, and there is hardly a person who doesn't like nuts. And such an attitude to this tree, really deserved. Because of this tree solid benefits.
Unlike other fruit trees, walnut is known for its fertility and durability. In nature there are trees that are up to 300 years, and in the history knows more about the old tree when the tree were 1000 years old.
Walnut is light-requiring and thermophilic tree. Has a large, spherical crown and reaches 30 meters in height. This contributes to greater absorption of solar heat and light. That also significantly affects the yield. Fruit walnuts begins after 12 years of life, and the greatest yield is achieved after 50 years. From a single tree each year can receive up to 500 kg of nuts. Such a high fertility walnut, contributes to the presence on the same tree pistillate and staminate flowers that bloom at different times, due to which self-pollination occurs. Externally, the fruits are covered with dense, green peel, which is the ripening of fruit bursts, independently freeing the nut.
Wrinkled inside the shell is edible and delicious - nut, consisting of 4 segments with grooves, which in its form resembles the human brain. Incidentally this similarity is not a coincidence, because the walnut has remarkable properties, which contributes to the development and improvement of brain activity. In addition, the walnut tree is useful not only for its fruit, and its medicinal properties, and relates to medicinal plants. Since ancient times the tree was called "Tree of life" and its fruit, leaves, bark and twigs used to treat liver, stomach, heart, kidney and enhance brain activity.
Nowadays walnuts are used in traditional and folk medicine, cooking, cosmetology.
Nuts are very useful and nutritious product. They contain a large amount of minerals, vitamins and amino acids, extremely important for the body. Even the doctors recommend to eat up to five kernels a day, to support healthy.
How useful walnut:
- The leaves promote the healing of wounds, providing antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect.
- Kernel stimulate the brain and enhances memory.
- The use of kernels helps the body to obtain the necessary number of antioxidants which resist the appearance of cancer cells.
- Contributes to the confrontation of the organism to infections, strengthens the immune system.
- Normalizes blood pressure and heart function.
- Cleanses the body of toxins.
- Increases sweating in men.
Walnuts have virtually no contraindications. Despite its high calorie content, eating nuts promote weight loss, and prevents obesity.