Almonds - Kitchen Remedies Explored

The Almond Tree is native to the Middle East and is a small deciduous tree, reaching a high of four to ten meters. The fruit of this Tree is also named Almond and is widely cultivated. The Tree will flower 7-8 months each year and produce a hard shelled nut in autumn. Its small pinkish flowers will send their aroma over the country side and the healing starts there.
This Tree is a Tree that gives us natural healing and has now been discovered to be helpful in Cancer prevention and reduction.

Sweet Almonds have been used for healing and food for centuries. In ancient times sweet almonds had been considered as a healing food. Ten Almonds are the equivalent to on half pound of meat in nutritions. In a survival situation, Almonds are small enough to carry with you and helpful enough to do so.
Six tablespoons of ground Almonds mixed in ½ pint of water will help with fevers and to overcome bronchial attacks. Invalids tolerate this drink well and therefore it is very helpful in healing a broken body. Almonds have NO cholesterol, are very low in sodium, low in sugar content, High in manganese and high in magnesium.

Almonds are generally thought of as nuts one puts in cookies and cakes.
Almond infusions are very popular and generally highly thought off. You need to be careful though with this sort of infusion, it will also act as a laxative.
Almond oil is used for aroma therapy massages. It softens the skin and the senses in one massage. New research gives even more support to the healthy benefits of almonds: almonds may well be a food that helps fight obesity and diabetes.
Almonds are also known to lower blood cholesterol levels, although they have generally been thought of as one of the "FATTY" foods. 90% of the fat's in Almonds are unsaturated and with a high protein and fiber content, they are more helpful the harmful. A person with a high probability of Osteoporoses would do well to eat lots of Almonds to help prevent this affliction. Those innocent little brown nuts also are very helpful with blood pressure regulation.
New research have been done with Almond intake and weight loss. Almond's high level of satiety, (that is satisfaction or fullness from food,) are very helpful in a weight loss diet. Purdue University studies showed that adding nearly two servings of almonds to a person's diet did not cause them to gain weight or body fat at all, but rather led them to decrease their intake of calories from other sources of food.
In ancient times, Almonds had been considered a food that helps increase vitality, improve the complexion and help the body fight of the effects of drunkenness.

The World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research have done studies with Almonds in Cancer prevention. They found that Quercetin and Kaepferol, two flavonoids in Almonds, are strong suppressors of Lung,Breasts and Prostate tumor growth and that these plant chemicals inhibiting the tumor cell
growth.
Since these studies where don, four other studies have confirmed them and have done additional studies. It is now known that Almonds have benefits to the Heart. Calculations suggest that by eating nuts daily, the eater will gain an extra five to six years life, free of coronary disease. It will lower the risk of having a stroke, of developing dementia, arrests macular degeneration and also lowers the risk of gallstones.

Serving size of 1 cup ground Almonds equals about to 95.0 g and the nutritional fact for that is as follows:
Calories: 546, Calories from fat: 423,
Almonds have no cholesterol, are very low in sodium, low in sugar content, high in manganese and high in magnesium, so whats not to like in the little nut?

The FDA gave it a 96% confidence rating, that adds up to a B+

Total Fat: 46.9g, Saturated Fat: 3.5g, Trans Fat: 0.0g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 11.5g,
Mono unsaturated Fat: 29.3g
Cholesterol: 0
Sodium: 1mg,
Total Carbohydrates: 20.6g,
Dietary Fiber: 11.6g,
Sugars: 3.7g,
Protein: 20.2g,
Calcium: 25% of 2000 calorie diet,
Iron: 20% of 2000 calorie diet