 Almond is highly nutritious and is recommended for pregnant woman.
Fresh or dried almond is not compatible with all stomachs. If it is roasted it becomes more digestible.
Chew it slowly and mix it with saliva and it will be digested easier. Brew skinless almond in milk and use it for cure for bronchitis.
Roasted, grounded almond is a fantastic replacement for coffee. It is as good or better, without any of the side effects.
You can also mix roasted, grounded almonds in soup. Fresh, green almond contains 88% water, but when it matures and dries the water will turn into fat.
Recommended usage of almond is 6 to 20 a day.
Oil of almond is sweet, nutritious and can be use as laxative. It contains triolean [sic]. (Editor's Note: Triolein is the principal component of olive oil).
Dried almond contains the highest amount of calcium among all fruits and vegetables. It can become the single source of calcium for all. Children with less than developed bone~ or children that are slow in growing teeth can use it. Each l00 grams of dried almond contains 3 gram digestible calcium
In Iran, in early spring, street vendors offer fresh, green almond (very small in size and in early stage of growth.) It is washed, sprinkled with salt and used as a very popular snack
In the old days, oil of almond was extracted by very primitive milling process. Two huge grounding stones were used. The lower one was stationary and the upper one was tied, through a wooden lever, to a horse/ donkey, with blinders. The horse would go round and round. The dried almond was fed to the middle of the top stone and was ground and oil extracted from the lower, stationary stone. 
 Click here to read about almonds in the original Persian document! (helps if you know Farsi)
Prepared by:
Abbas Nadim, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
University of New Haven, School of Business
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