Almond

Almond
Biological name: Prunus Dulcis
Family: Rosaceae
Other names: बदाम (marathi),बादाम (hindi).

Almonds are well known ingredient of all kitchen's.Almonds mostly used in sweet desserts.used as toping.people can eat Almonds raw or roasted as snack. 
In market there are various products of almond's are available like sliced flaked almond's,salty almond's,peper or masala Almonds,As flour,Almond oil,butter,and Almond milk.
Almond is a drupe. In biological term Almond is not Nut it is seed.Almond fruit of an outer hard shell with the seed,which is true nut.
Dry Almond's are brown in colour.
Almond's trees reach full bearing five to seven years after planting.Almond fruit is 3.5- 5 cm long.
There are 30 varieties of Almond's.Many almond tress are not self pollinating and depends on bees to carry pollen to one another.
Almond is native to Iran and its surrounding's
The pollination of California's Almonds is the largest Annual managed pollination event in the world.

Chemical constituents of Almond:
Almond's are 4%water,22% carbohydrates,21%protein,&50% of fat.
As per 100 grams serving almond's provided 579 kilocalories of food energy.
It provide nutrients like vitamin B riboflavin &Niacin,It it rich sorce of vitamin E.
It is also consists of essential minerals like calcium,copper,Iron,magnesium,manganes,Phosphorus &zinc.
Almond also contain substantial Dietary fiber.They also contains monounsaturated fat,linoleic Acid,oleic acid &polyunsaturated fat.
Almonds are very good sorce of phytosterols such as beta-sitosterol,stigmasterol,campesterol.
Almond oil contain 32%monounsaturated oleic Acid(omega -9 fatty acid),13% linoleic acid(polyunsaturated omega-6 essential fatty acid)&10%of saturated fatty acid.

Uses of Almond:
*Almond are mostly used as snack because of its high nutritional values.
*It contains unsaturated fat ,this type of fat does not increase the risk of low density lipoprotein ( LDL).so it is used for blood pressure management.
*Almonds increased the level of Antioxidants in bloodstreams &reduces blood pressure and improve blood flow.
*Almonds contain high amount of vitamin E.Vitamin E contains antioxidants such as tocoferol.vitamin E helps to prevent oxidative damage in the body.
*vitamin E also essential for the growth and thickness of hairs.
*If you taking almonds on daily basis it will help you for acne free,soft,glowing skin.
*All we need 7-8 Dried or soaked almonds in our morning breakfast for energy.
*Almonds used in sweet desserts,cakes,ice-cream's.
*There are various product's of almonds are available in market like soaps,cosmetics,almond oils,winter body lotions.

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