As the weather gradually got colder, fried chestnuts finally came on the market.
Sweet fried chestnuts are snacks that many people like. They can’t stop eating while peeling them.
However, chestnuts are delicious, but they are also exquisite.
Chestnuts are actually the staple food
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Many people like to use chestnuts as nuts and snacks like melon seeds and peanuts.
Although chestnuts are indeed nuts biologically speaking, nutritionally speaking, chestnuts have low fat content and high starch content, so it is more suitable to be regarded as [coarse grain].
In addition, chestnuts also have good protein, B vitamins and various minerals, high dietary fiber content and lower blood sugar index than white rice. Chestnuts are very suitable for replacing staple foods such as white rice and white noodles, and their nutritional value is higher than that of ordinary grains.
Delicious chestnuts, some people should be careful
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Chestnuts are delicious, but eating them badly may affect your health.
1. People who lose weight and control their blood sugar
Chestnut starch content is high, can basically replace grain, calorie is not low. Never eat a lot after meals, otherwise it is easy to eat more and gain weight.
Generally speaking, 7-8 medium-sized chestnuts are almost the amount of a staple food when losing weight.
If you want to eat more chestnuts, you can put them in the dishes, such as stewed chicken with chestnuts, but you must remember to eat less staple food or you can not eat staple food.
2. People with Bad Gastrointestinal Conditions
Chestnuts eat too much and are especially prone to swelling.
If the intestines and stomach are not good, such as dyspepsia, gastroesophageal reflux, easy gastric distension and acid regurgitation, chestnuts really cannot be eaten more.
Generally, eat once a day, 7 ~ 8 medium-sized ones, just do it.
Delicious chestnuts can be bought only at ease.
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The glossy sugar fried chestnuts on the roadside are especially attractive, but there may be many risks if you meet unreliable vendors. You need to be careful:
- Roadside environment is not sanitary, chestnuts are easy to be contaminated with pollutants. Choose chestnuts processed and sold indoors instead of roadside or open-ended ones. Use industrial paraffin oil to brighten chestnuts. You can wipe the shell with paper towel. Do not buy those with oil stains. Illegal addition of saccharin makes chestnuts sweeter. Try one before buying it, and don’t buy one that is slightly bitter.
Of course, in addition to buying fried chestnuts, you can also buy raw chestnuts for processing by yourself, which is more reassuring. There are two selection suggestions:
1. Compare the appearance of chestnuts
Try to choose those with light color, more fluff and less shiny shell. Because the color is dark, the hair is less and the appearance is bright, it means chestnuts may be a little old and the taste is not very good.
Another trick is to pay attention to the shape of chestnuts. Chestnuts that are round and flat on one side are sweeter than chestnuts that are flat on both sides. Small chestnuts are also usually better than big chestnuts.
2. Take a look at the color of chestnut meat
When picking chestnuts, don’t blindly pursue the white or golden color of chestnuts. Nuts that are too golden may be chemically treated.
Therefore, it is good to buy natural colors.
If the chestnuts bought home are brown in the middle of the nuts when cooked, don’t worry. This is the [browning reaction] of the enzymes contained in chestnuts. As long as they eat without peculiar smell, they are good chestnuts.