Many people like to crunch fried peanuts in front of the TV screen, without even knowing about the amount of its nutrients. Nutritionists indicate this product in the list of mandatory for daily use. Cooks come up with a lot of dishes with him, and students do not think of their changes without tasty and nourishing nuts. What is so unique about them? How is peanut useful for men and women and can it harm? In all this, we will try to understand further in the article.
Calorie, Vitamins and Minerals
Peanuts, which we used to see in stores, can grow and bear fruit in our latitudes. Its edible kernels are hidden behind a thin brown-purple husk and bulky, loose shell with a marvelous pattern.
Did you know? Peanuts have spread from the Bolivian Andes to the South American continent. First, he came to China, and only then, somewhere in the XVI century, the Portuguese sowed him in Macau. Now for industrial food purposes, the plant is cultivated only in the United States and China.
The chemical composition of peanut kernels, which scientists classify as beans, is found most of the elements of the periodic table. The nutritional value of the product is saturated fatty acids (8.3 g), fiber (8 g), water (7.9 g), starch (5.7 g), sugars (4.2 g), and ash (2.6 g ). In a small seed, all the B vitamins are collected, as well as C, PP, E, choline, zinc, calcium, selenium, magnesium, copper, sodium, phosphorus, iron, manganese and potassium. When eating 100 g of kernels, 45.2 g of fats, 26.3 g of proteins, 10 g of carbohydrates and 622 kilocalories enter the human body.
The beneficial properties of peanuts
At home, peanut is considered a national plant, it is widely used not only in the food and confectionery industry, but even for the manufacture of artificial wool, glue and plastics.
European doctors recommend daily to use peanut grains to protect the body from free radicals, a balanced work of the digestive tract, urinary system, gall bladder, for rejuvenation and charging of vital energy.
Plants such as the bathing vessel, sage (salvia), meadow grass, calendula, Lyubka two-leaved, linden, yucca, padubal mahonia, watercress, dodder and slug onion also have a positive effect on the human intestinal tract.
Did you know? Peanuts are one of the components of dynamite.
The most valuable in the core are antioxidants, by the number of which peanuts can only compete with pomegranate. People in whose diet there is a so-called "peanut", practically do not suffer from cardiovascular diseases, malignant tumors, they have good memory and hearing, high vitality and good mood. Scientists explain this by the presence of serotonin, which is commonly known as the "hormone of happiness." Peanuts are useful for physical and emotional exhaustion, depression and neurotic disorders.
Even the ever-slimming ladies nutritionists advise every day to eat a small handful of peanuts. Regardless of its caloric content, the product provides the body with the necessary vitamins and trace elements, without stretching the stomach. It is important to know the measure in the amount of this delicacy. 
Did you know? In the 90s, the United States faced a serious problem of massive allergic reactions to peanut beans. The doctors, fearing that anaphylactic shock can even provoke the proximity of products made from peanut, have initiated a ban on their sale in medical and educational institutions.
Use in traditional medicine
With the help of peanut beans, folk healers advise you to get rid of nasopharyngeal diseases, coughs, headaches, and even treat prostatitis.
In the process of therapy is not necessarily have a kernel. For example, in order to pass sinusitis, it is enough for 10 days to inhale the smoke coming from the pan with roasted nuts.
But in case of chronic bronchitis with sputum, it will be necessary to start every morning with boiled 60 g of peanuts for 4 weeks. After a 15-minute heat treatment of grain should be eaten on an empty stomach. Cough with expectoration can be treated in another way: prepare a decoction of peanuts, dates and honey. To do this, take all the ingredients to 30 g, pour half a liter of water and cook for 30 minutes. Drink a glass daily for a week. 
In hypertensive diseases, as well as to reduce the temperature and strengthen the walls of the arteries, traditional medicine advises twice a day to eat a dozen grains, which you must pour 100 g of table vinegar together with the husks. This is done in the bank, because in order for the product to be effective, it must be closed with a tight lid.
Important! If you eat a glass of roasted peanuts every day, the number of platelets in the blood will increase. It is also a great way to prevent gray hair.
Peanut therapy also includes foliage and decoction of their plants. If you suffer from frequent dizziness, modern herbalists are advised to drink a decoction of fresh foliage culture 2 times a day. To prepare a glass of liquid, 50 g of a potion is sufficient. 
Men with prostate adenoma should drink peanut broth. It is prepared by their roasted and finely ground kernels without husk. This crumbs need 2 tablespoons, and still need to get 3 tablespoons of finely chopped Althea root. Pour all the components into a thermos and pour half a liter of boiled hot milk. After 20 minutes, screw the lid on and leave it overnight. In the morning, you can begin therapy, taking four times ½ cup of broth every day half an hour before meals. After dinner, be sure to eat 2 cloves of garlic and a small onion. The course of treatment lasts 10 days, after which a 2-week pause is recommended.
Plants such as beans, beans, mouse peas, acacia, peas, cercis, sweet peas, as well as peanuts, belong to the legume family.
How to choose a peanut when buying
On sale you can find raw, peeled peanuts, with and without skin. It also differs in cost: clean kernels, without pink skin, underwent heat treatment and are much more expensive than ordinary raw beans in a thick shell. Grains are packaged and sold by weight.
Important! Diverse peanut beans differ in taste and a form.
People who know a lot about peanuts, when buying, are advised to pay attention to such signs:
- Fresh kernels. Through a plastic bag, this criterion can be assessed visually.
- The purity of the product. Do not buy peanuts, in the package which are visible obscure elements, garbage, particles of husk.
- The appearance of peanuts. Shriveled peeled grains indicate a poor-quality product, as well as the presence of wormholes and other damage left by insects on the shell. Fruits, regardless of the degree of cleaning, should always be clean, free of stains, cracks, etc.
- Dry kernels, which indicates a good product.
- The aroma of fruit. It should be characteristic of a legume plant, without foreign smells.
- Condensate packed. If available, it is better to look for another product.
- The sound of the seeds in the shell. When shaking a quality bean, a peculiar muffled chime is always heard.
- The shape of the cores. The product from one bag always has the same shape, color, husk and taste. If you are offered mixed mixed residues, then do not rush into buying. In this case, the taste will not work.
Important! Some varieties of peanuts have absolutely no taste. Keep this in mind and do not rush to regard such a product as spoiled.
How to store at home
If peanut grains do not provide storage conditions, oily drops form on them, bitterness in taste will appear, and fungal mycelium - in composition. From these fruits should not expect a therapeutic effect. If stored improperly, peanuts become dangerous to human health.
To keep the beans in your kitchen for a long time, find dry containers with lids. The container can be from any material, except plastic and polyethylene. If there is nothing suitable, use regular sterilized cans or sew tissue bags. Before falling asleep in the grain tank, inspect them and pick up the garbage. Some housewives are advised to pre-heat the beans in the oven, regardless of whether they are in the shell or without it. The procedure lasts 10 minutes at 50 ° C. 
The crushed product is not suitable for savings, because it is prone to intensive release of oil, which leads to damage. A maximum of 14 days can be stored fried, salted or sweetened kernels.
Peanuts can be frozen, provided there is no sign of oiliness. Check whether there is suspiciously on the grains, insects, whether their taste and flavor have changed.
Important! In plastic sudochkah peanuts change their taste characteristics and over time becomes bitter.
Experts say that the shelf life of unpeeled peanuts is 1 year. White kernels without husks can be saved in a dark place for no more than 9 months. In the refrigerator, they will not lose nutritional value for half a year. 
How to Roast Peanuts
You can get fried grains in different ways. We will understand how to fry peanuts in a pan, in the oven and microwave.
In the pan
First, peel the raw beans from the shell. Then pour them into a preheated pan and put on a slow fire. There is no need to add any fat. Do not forget to stir the kernels so that they roast evenly. After 15 minutes, the grains will begin to crack, but this does not mean their readiness. This can only be determined by taste. 
In the microwave
Prepared peanuts should be poured into a special dish for the microwave oven or poured simply on a tray. The timer is turned on at maximum power, but for short periods of time. After 20-30 seconds, the kernel is stirred. On average, roasting 200 g of grains takes 4 minutes.
Did you know? Low grade peanut butter is used for soap making. In particular, it produces Marseilles soap, which is of high quality.
In the oven
This way of frying is the longest. A baking tray with peeled grains is set in an oven warmed to 175 ° C. It is important that the peanuts are laid out in a thin layer. After 15 minutes, the tray is shaken, thus mixing the cores, and the temperature is raised to 200 ° C. When you hear a crash, the oven can be turned off. But don’t be in a hurry to pull out the pan - let it be heated for about 15 minutes. 
Get acquainted with all the subtleties of growing peanuts in your garden.
Contraindications
Like all medicinal herbs and drugs, peanuts are characterized by beneficial properties and contraindications. If you consume the core of an unmeasured amount, you can provoke disorders of the digestive system, obesity, allergic reactions. And in the case of spoiled and moldy oily beans, severe poisoning threatens.
There is a risk group which Therapy and prevention of peanut kernels are not recommended. This includes:
- people with liver disease;
- allergy sufferers;
- suffering from diseases of the stomach, intestines, pancreas;
- pensioners with arthrosis and arthritis;
- those suffering from gout;
- men and women with varicose veins;
- children;
- future and nursing mothers (peanuts during pregnancy and lactation is dangerous allergic reactions, which can cause anaphylactic shock).
