Melon seeds are essential snacks for China people to celebrate festivals and entertain. Nut snacks rank first among snacks, and sunflower seeds are particularly rich in linoleic acid. Linoleic acid helps to keep skin soft and prevent skin dryness and pigmentation. Pumpkin seeds are the best snacks for men. Pumpkin seeds are rich in amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and carotene. Eating pumpkin seeds regularly can not only prevent the occurrence of kidney calculi, but also promote patients to discharge stones.
However, sunflower seeds contain more oil, so people with hyperlipidemia should not eat more. If the shell of fried melon seeds is smooth, there may be a risk of containing aluminum. Consumers should try to choose original melon seeds and buy less patterned melon seeds. If you find that melon seeds are black and discolored or taste spicy and musty, you must not continue to eat.
2. The fruit of pistachio
According to the cancer data of the American Association for Cancer Research, adding a certain amount of pistachios to the daily diet may help reduce the risk of lung cancer and other cancers. Pistachio nuts contain γ tocopherol, which can reduce the risk of lung cancer. Among them, a large amount of resveratrol, second only to red wine, can fight cancer and prevent cardiovascular diseases. Phytosterols can also protect cardiovascular health.
It's best to choose pistachios without seasoning, and don't exceed one handful a day. When buying pistachios, you should first pay attention to whether the nuts are full. Good pistachios, the nuts are very full and uniform in size. Secondly, pay attention to the enlightenment of pistachios. There are natural openings and machine openings for pistachios in the market, and the quality of natural openings is high. Because pistachios are ripe, they will "open their mouths".
3. Dried blueberries
Blueberries are rich in antioxidants and can help people prevent cancer. Blueberries contain a brain activator, which can resist cancer and promote heart health and immune system health. Blueberries are also rich in antioxidants, which help prevent cancer, diabetes and age-related memory loss, so blueberries are also called "brain berries". Studies have shown that blueberries also contain a lot of fiber, vitamins A and C, which are beneficial to cardiovascular health.
However, because dried fruits are processed and added with sugar, we should consider the added calories and not be too greedy.
Step 4: raisins
Eating more grapes or raisins helps to restore health, because grapes contain many nutrients such as protein, amino acids, lecithin, vitamins and minerals, especially sugar, mainly glucose, which is easily absorbed by the human body. Natural raisins retain the sweetness of dried grapes and can be used as a healthy snack without adding sugar, artificial sweeteners or other pigments.
Whether it is salty or sweet, it will not change the healthy elements of raisins. However, if people with poor kidneys try to buy less salty ones, diabetics try to buy less sweet ones.
5. Jujube
The most suitable tonic for the Spring Festival is jujube. As the saying goes, "Three dates a day will never make you old." Jujube can strengthen the spleen, replenish qi and blood, and strengthen the stomach. In nutrition, red dates are considered as "vitamin pills". According to a foreign clinical study, patients who eat jujube continuously recover more than three times faster than those who simply take vitamin medicine.
But don't eat more than 20 dates every day, otherwise it will easily cause constipation or heartburn and bloating. Because jujube peel is not easy to digest, it is easy to stay in the intestine and not easy to be discharged. Therefore, it is beneficial to chew slowly the skin, and it is also conducive to the full absorption of nutrients.
6.almonds
There must be all kinds of dried fruits in the Spring Festival. The first recommendation is almonds. Almond has been a beauty product since ancient times. Almond is rich in vitamin E and linoleic acid. Therefore, eating almonds in moderation has moisturizing and whitening effects. Secondly, eating more almonds can also reduce the occurrence of facial acne. In addition, almonds are rich in fat, protein, vitamin A and so on. It has the beauty effect of moistening skin and dredging blood vessels.
When choosing almond with skin, we should mainly look at its skin. Thin skin tastes better and is easy to peel when eating. Also pay attention to the color of the skin. The normal color is khaki, because the lines are not very uniform. If the skin color is unusually yellow and even, it means that it is smoked with sulfur and tastes bad. If you choose peeled almonds, you should choose large, uniform, full and shiny oblate almonds.