Almonds can be eaten as a snack or used in cold dishes, but when consuming bitter almonds, caution must be taken as excessive intake can lead to poisoning. Almond milk porridge moisturizes the lungs, relieves coughs, and whitens the skin.
【Name】
Almond Milk Porridge
【Ingredients】
Fresh milk (as needed), 60g bitter almonds, 100g glutinous rice.
【Instructions】
1. Pour boiling water over the bitter almonds and remove the skin. Blend the almonds into a paste using a blender.
2. Rinse the glutinous rice and cook it in a pot with an appropriate amount of water. After it comes to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until it becomes porridge-like. Add the almond paste and milk, stirring well and bring to a boil. Finally, add sugar and bring to a boil to make sweet porridge.
【Nutritional Value】
Almonds are rich in protein, fats, carbohydrates, carotene, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin P, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and other nutrients. The carotene content in almonds is second only to mangoes, which is why almonds are known as the "anti-cancer fruit."
Almonds contain abundant fatty oil, which helps lower cholesterol. Therefore, almonds have a good effect on preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases.
According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, almonds have the effects of moistening the throat, relieving thirst, moisturizing the lungs, and relieving asthma. They are often used for health preservation and treatment of patients with lung dryness, cough, and other conditions.
【Excessive consumption of bitter almonds can cause poisoning】
In the ancient Chinese medical book "Bie Lu," it is mentioned that bitter almonds are "bitter, cold, and toxic." Therefore, bitter almonds should not be consumed excessively. Otherwise, symptoms such as dizziness, sudden fainting, palpitations, headaches, nausea, vomiting, convulsions, coma, cyanosis, dilated pupils, loss of light reflex, weak and slow pulse, and rapid or slow breathing may occur.
If not treated in time, severe cases can lead to respiratory failure and death.
