Beech oil

Beech is considered one of the sweetest trees from which you can collect unusually delicious juice by simply picking out a piece of bark. However, not only this property of this plant is highly appreciated by humans - beech seeds, which are also called beech nuts, are extremely nutritious and contain up to fifty percent oil.

Residents of those places where beech forests abound make flour based on pre-peeled and toasted nuts. If you add a small amount of wheat to beech flour, you can cook delicious pancakes or crumbly cookies, and sometimes simple bread.

Interestingly, in the Carpathians, the harvesting of beech tree nuts is even organized in order to produce flour, which is used as part of bakery products famous for its taste. In addition, fried beech seeds are common as a folk treat in the Caucasus, similar to sunflower seeds in Russia.

However, these nuts are a necessary raw material for the production of valuable beech oil, which has excellent taste and high consumer properties. They are often replaced by Provence, poppy, nut or almond oils when preparing homemade bread, various confectionery products. In addition, natural beech oil can be used as a component of dressings for fresh salads and many other dishes.

Beech oil tastes like high-quality olive oil, it has a very pleasant aroma. When canned, beech oil remarkably shades the taste of the vegetables used, but it is also suitable for frying pancakes and pancakes.

The composition of beech oil is rich and varied. This product contains a mass of acids, both saturated (11%) and unsaturated (89%). The former include palmitic and stearic, while the latter are represented by linolenic (Omega-

3), linoleic (Omega-

6) and oleic (Omega-

9). In addition, beech oil contains vitamin E, and magnesium from minerals.

Natural beech oil is not only a valuable food product, but also an effective therapeutic and preventive agent of natural origin. It is noteworthy that there are no restrictions on the use of beech oil, so it can be used without concern for health. So, as a preventive agent, beech oil is recommended to be used for about two months.

The medicinal properties of beech oil are its ability to improve metabolism in the human body, effectively fight free radicals and eliminate excess cholesterol. In addition, beech oil is often advised to be used for anemia, as well as used as an effective means to improve the condition of bronchopulmonary diseases and to increase potency.