栗子一直是一个有价值的食物来源在许多文化中,特别是中国,韩国,日本和地中海,并已培养6000多年来在中国和3000年的欧洲,据理查德·利兹,这本书的作者“水果和坚果作物生物技术”。Greeks deemed the chestnut superior to almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts. Chestnuts are a delicious treat, either roasted or cooked in soups or other recipes, and have considerable nutritional value.
纤维
栗子的纤维含量,3 g / 100 g,高于核桃,2.1克/ 100克,山核桃,2.3克/ 100克,开心果1.9克/ 100克,但榛子的一半左右。纤维含量使得他们一个低血糖指数食物,慢慢提高血糖,梅林达Hemmelgarn说,硕士,进食,writing for the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry.
养分含量
栗子提供195卡路里每100克,主要来自碳水化合物含量高,根据一项研究发表在2009年4月出版的《农业与食品化学杂志》上。”Chestnuts are high in vitamin C, minerals, such as potassium, copper and magnesium, amino acids and antioxidants. Chestnuts are also low in kidney stone-forming oxalate compounds, with less than 85 mg per 100 g, in comparison to other nuts.
脂肪酸
栗子含有高水平的必需脂肪酸,包括亚油酸,有利于心血管健康和适当的婴儿神经发育,根据这本书“树坚果:成分、植物化学物质和健康的影响。”A study conducted at the CIMO-Escola Superior Agraria, Instituto Politecnico de Braganca, Portugal, also identified four forms of triglycerides in chestnut and researchers note that this was the first such study to do a complete analysis of the triglycerides in chestnuts. Their fat content of 12 percent makes chestnuts a low-fat nut without the health benefits of the high polyunsaturated fats found in walnuts and other nuts eaten for their heart-healthy oils, says naturopath Michael Murray, in his book "The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods." Chestnut oil mostly consists of palmitic acid and oleic acid -- the fatty acid found in high quantities in olive oil.
注意事项
有些人可能对栗子过敏。内科医学研究部门,东亚大学,釜山韩国确认21个化合物栗子与抗体反应和栗新过敏蛋白,显示一个类似的结构一棵橡树的过敏原。超过一半的血液样本进行研究显示一定程度的敏感性。在皮过敏测试3.2%的过敏患者显示大于2 +回应栗。该研究发表在2005年8月出版的《韩医学。”