Almonds:The almond is the ‘king of nuts’ among dry fruits, is a highly nutritious food. The almond that we think of as a nut is technically the seed of the fruit of the almond tree, a glorious medium-size tree that bears fragrant pink and white flowers.

It is an effective health-building food, both for the body and mind and a valuable food solution for wide common ailments. Almonds contain essential nutrients whose intake closely matches the dietary recommendations known to prevent cardiovascular and other chronic diseases.

There are two forms of the plant:

One (often with white flowers) producing sweet almonds, and the other (often with pink flowers) producing bitter almonds. The kernel of the former contains a fixed oil and emulsion. The bitter almond is rather broader and shorter than the sweet almond, and contains about 50% of the fixed oil which also occurs in sweet almonds.