Introduction
Nuts and Seeds are the most important and potent of all foods. Nuts include a number of fruits, containing one or more kernels within a hard shell of woody fibre. There are a variety of nuts like Coconut, almond, cashew nut, groundnut, pistachio and walnut. All these contain a concentrated food of high nutritional value. Seeds also contain all the important nutrients needed for human growth like protein and the essential unsaturated fatty acid, which are necessary for health. Nuts are high in protein fat and Carbohydrate foods.

Curative properties and Natural Benefits:
Seeds contain pacifairns, an antibiotic resistance factor, which increases man's natural resistance to disease.

Nuts should be used in their natural raw state. Raw nuts are among the foods, highest in fat which is completely natural and unprocessed. It is best for the human body. Nuts often produce oil half their weight. ureure nut oils are often used in medicine.

Raw nuts are safe food as their hard shell offers an effective barrier against bacteria. It can be preserv all its nutritional value intact for long periods in natural unshelled state. Nuts have excellent storage qualities. It can be kept fresh for many years in sealed containers.

Next week we will start our discussion on the curative properties of various nuts.

(Compiled by Seema Ghildiyal)