Nuts & Seeds

Botanically, nuts are a specific category of dried fruit characterized by a hard shell, a single seed, and a protective husk. They are essentially seeds at the embryonic stage of a plant's life cycle, enriched with endosperm that contains starch, oil, and protein. Although all nuts are seeds, the reverse is not true; seeds often contain the necessary nutrients for initiating a new plant, distinguishing them from nuts. In nutritional science, both seeds and nuts are valued for their rich protein content and essential fatty acids (Journal of Nutrition). Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) classifies nuts and seeds as warm in nature, attributing to them medicinal qualities that vary according to the specific organ systems they influence and their individual energetic properties (Journal of Ethnopharmacology).