The benefits and harms of nuts with honey

Nuts and honey are very useful in themselves, but when you combine these two ingredients, you get a real bomb. 400 grams of such a remedy can replace a full meal and completely saturate the body with all the necessary substances.

But it is worth remembering that in order for nuts with honey to bring only benefits, they must be properly prepared and consumed correctly, observing the dosage.

Chemical composition of walnut with honey

The classic recipe for nuts with honey includes walnuts, so the table below shows the composition of this particular product.

Honey

• Antioxidants
• Riboflavin;
• Ascorbic acid;
• Pantothen;
• Folate;
• Pyridoxine;
• Useful micro and macro elements, which include iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and zinc;
• Also in the composition of honey you can find fructose and glucose.

Nuts

• Ascorbic acid;
• Fatty oil that includes glycerides;
• Vitamin K and P;
• Huge amounts of protein;
• Amino acids.

The concentration of all of these substances is quite high, so nuts with honey are considered one of the most useful foods. In addition to walnuts, you can use almonds, pistachios, cashews, etc. It is also recommended to cook nuts with honey with the addition of various dried fruits or lemon, which can enrich the composition and make the product even more useful.

Benefit

Honey is an excellent conductor for all the trace elements that make up walnuts, thereby enhancing their beneficial properties. Such a remedy is used as an auxiliary treatment for various diseases, but most often nuts with honey are used to replenish the spent physical, nervous and mental strength.

• has a beneficial effect on the work of the heart and blood vessels;
• is the prevention of heart attack;
• relieves fatigue and gives strength to organisms;
• increases mental alertness;
• invigorates well;
• improves mood;
• relieves migraine headaches;
• improves sleep;
• helps with constipation and improper bowel function;
• regular use increases the chances of conception;
• stimulates female sex drive;
• also, such a remedy is very useful for men, because nuts are a natural aphrodisiac. With its help, the number of spermatozoa increases and blood circulation in the genitals improves;
• honey with nuts restores a woman's body after childbirth and significantly increases the amount of breast milk;
• no matter how strange it may seem, but nuts with honey can be consumed during a diet. Due to its ability to improve appetite, a spoonful of such a product eaten in the morning will help you have a good breakfast, while maintaining satiety for a long time;
• also, when the body does not receive the usual amount of calories, it begins to experience stress, and nuts with honey can help relieve nervous tension.

It is worth noting that each nut is used to achieve a specific purpose:

1. Walnuts are used to restore the body after diseases and various kinds of overvoltage. Such a remedy helps to strengthen the body's resistance to infections, in addition, the walnut is considered the best way to improve potency;
2. Almonds have a good effect on the condition of the heart and blood vessels, it also has a choleretic property;
3. Scientists claim that regular consumption of hazelnuts helps in the fight against cancer. It can even be grown at home from a nut;
4. Peanuts help the body replenish lost strength;
5. Pine nuts help increase appetite and fill the body with more vitamins.

This product is very useful for children. Thanks to him, immunity is strengthened, fatigue is removed, attentiveness and memory are improved. Nuts with honey help a child improve school performance and strengthen the body's resistance to various diseases, such a remedy is especially important during epidemics.

Harm

In addition to the huge number of advantages, under certain conditions, nuts with honey can harm the body. To avoid such a situation, you need to know all the existing contraindications:

• serious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• lung disease;
• chronic heart disease;
• the presence of stones in the gallbladder or kidney, including chronic or acute cholecystitis;
• rheumatism;
• the presence of any skin diseases;
• if a person is prone to being overweight, then eating nuts with honey can lead to extra pounds;
• allergy to individual components may occur;
• due to the large amount of sugar, such a product should not be eaten by people with diabetes mellitus.

When using nuts with honey with the presence of these diseases, their exacerbation and deterioration of the body's condition may occur. It is also worth remembering that you can eat no more than 500 grams of such a product per day, otherwise the following complications may occur:

• enlargement of the tonsils;
• the appearance of a rash in the mouth;
• vasospasm and severe headaches appear.

Recipes

Following the classic recipe, nuts with honey are prepared from walnuts, it is also allowed to use other raw materials and add various components:

1. 600 grams of whole, peeled walnuts are poured with 300 milliliters of fresh honey and insisted in a cold place for 14 days;
2. 100 grams of dried apricots are soaked for 30 minutes, then dried and chopped, it is also necessary to turn into pulp half of the lemon, peeled and seeds. To this mixture add 40 grams of almonds and walnuts. At the last stage, add 3 tablespoons of honey. The resulting product must be infused for at least 10 days;
3. 200 grams of dried apricots, 200 grams of raisins and 200 grams of prunes are challenged with boiling water, washed under running water and ground together with half of the peeled lemon. The resulting mixture is combined with 200 grams of whole walnuts and 250 milliliters of honey. Before use, the mixture must be kept in a cold place for 2-3 weeks;
4. You need to take 100 grams of almonds, cashews, peanuts and 50 grams of walnuts. The resulting assortment is dried in a pan, stirring constantly. After cooling, the mixture is transferred to a jar, and poured with 200 milliliters of honey and allowed to brew for 1-2 weeks;
5. One of the simplest recipes will be a mixture of 100 grams of pine nuts and 100 milliliters of honey, it must be infused for 2-3 days;
6. 200 grams of peeled hazelnuts are fried in a pan, cooled and mixed with 100 milliliters of honey and infused in a dark place at a cool temperature for 7 days;
7. To prepare delicious sweetness, you need mix in a deep bowl 200 grams of peeled whole nuts with a tablespoon of melted butter and 3 tablespoons of honey... Then the resulting mixture is laid out on parchment and sent to an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. In this case, the nuts are periodically stirred so that they do not burn.And after the delicacy is removed from the oven, they continue to stir it so that the nuts do not stick together.

Useful Tips

There are several tricks, following which the prepared product will be as useful as possible:

• it is best to purchase unpeeled nuts and natural honey;
• nuts are either not crushed at all, or slightly broken by hand;
• it is recommended to mix nuts with honey only with wooden objects;
• a glass jar is used as a container;
• first, nuts are put in a jar, and then poured with honey;
• it is customary to construct the cover from paper or parchment;
• most often, such a remedy is insisted in the refrigerator or in another cool place, the waiting time is on average 1-2 weeks.

If nuts with honey are used for medicinal purposes, then you should adhere to some rules:

• it is best to eat one teaspoon of the mixture in the morning on an empty stomach, while having breakfast after 30 minutes;
• the duration of the course of treatment is 1 month.

Honey with nuts is not only useful, but also very tasty. However, it is worth remembering the presence of contraindications and be sure to observe the dosage.