It is pleasant to enjoy a delicious peach compote or drink tea with aromatic jam in the winter cold. But the curious human mind wants to get to the bottom of all the things that it comes in contact with in life, including the peach seed.
China is considered the birthplace of the peach, then the plant got to India and from there to Persia. Then the fruit tree was brought to Italy and Eurasia. Peaches are eaten raw, as canned food and jam, and in cosmetology they use oil extracted from the kernels of a peach seed. Liqueur is also infused on the pits of the fruit.
What do peach bones contain?
Ripe peach tastes very high. But it is always difficult to separate the bone from the shell. It is densely overgrown with pulp and is rarely removed. The skin of the bone is covered with grooves, and the nucleolus is in a hard shell.
The peach kernel is bitter because of the glycoside amygdalin it contains. The substance, getting into the human body, is split, resulting in the release of hydrocyanic acid. The concentration of acid in one bone is extremely low, but it is still poisonous.
The oil extracted from the kernel of the delicious fruit is very useful. Since the peach tree is an almond tree, the oil is called almond oil. It contains useful unsaturated fatty acids, while hydrocyanic acid does not get there, since it does not dissolve in fat.
Using peach kernel kernels
Almond oil is widely used in cosmetology to soften the skin. It is added to various cosmetic products: face and hand skin care creams, masks and cleansing scrubs.
Almond oil is used as a salad dressing. And in the East, peach pits are eaten after soaking them before souring. Or fried, at a high temperature, amygdalin breaks down into compounds that are safe for health.
Italians use peach and apricot kernels to flavor jams and biscuits. Of course, the kernels are then heat treated. Italian liqueur "Amaretto" also has the aroma of almond oil.
Raw peach kernels are edible, but you need to eat them in very small quantities, knowing how to do it right. Kernels are kept away from children in order to avoid poisoning and upset the child's digestive system.
If you like experimenting with exotic flavors, you can try using almond oil or fried peach kernels as a food supplement. You just need to remember about moderation and caution. And cosmetics based on almond oil will certainly delight beautiful ladies with their qualities.
