Healthy Smell Of Chestnut
No one can resist the smell baked chestnuts that spread through the streets since the 16th century. This priceless fruit is protected from deterioration by two layers. The only bad side is a high energy value, but this is why it’s great for children, athletes, the elderly and everyone with increased physical effort.
It has less fat than other nuts. Chestnuts, are also the only nuts that contain a measurable quantity of vitamin C. Unlike fruit walnuts, hazelnuts and beech, whose main ingredient is fatty oil, a major component part of the chestnut is starch (about 44% in raw nut).
Because of high starch content, chestnuts can be dried and ground into flour that can be used alone or mixed with wheat flower to make bread and biscuits. Chestnut flour, is gluten free and easy to digest therefore is perfect in the diet of elderly and children.
Chestnut also contains minerals, B complex vitamins as well as vitamins A and C. It’s rich in potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, chlorine, iron, copper, manganese. Since it’s rich in potassium and poor in sodium it’s recommended for people with kidney and blood illnesses.
Baked chestnut has higher energy value, a larger amount protein, fats, vitamins and twice more carbohydrates. Also, it contains vitamin E and phytochemicals not present in boiled chestnuts that contains larger amount of mineral substances.
Unlike sweet chestnuts, horse chestnut is not edible because of it’s bitter taste, but is famous it’s its medicinal properties. Coumarins. Flavonides. and Saponins are used in the production of pharmaceutical products – primarily for the blood vessels diseases treatment, such as enlarged veins, haemorrhoids and tromboflebitis.
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