4 Oct 2010

Health Benefits of Nuts

Healthy Life - Not unexpectedly that the small nuts that can provide many health benefits on the body, ranging from treating disease such as: heart, cholesterol, diabetes, cancer to lose weight.

Peanut is a nutritional 'powerhouse', which contains vitamin E, folic acid, copper, magnesium and the amino acid arginine, which each play an important role in preventing heart disease. In addition, beans also contain sterols, are compounds that are regularly added to margarine to reduce cholesterol absorption.

Reporting from the Telegraph, Tuesday (28/09/2010), here are some health benefits of nuts:


1. Almonds, macadamia nuts and pecans to treat high cholesterol
Almond has a very positive impact of bad cholesterol. Studies prove that patients who ate almonds 74 g per day can lower LDL (bad cholesterol) by 9.4 percent, while the bean macademia 90 g per day reduced LDL 5.3 percent and 16.5 percent pecan.

2. Hazelnut to premature aging
Hazelnut is rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids, can keep the fat cells under the skin so as to prevent wrinkles and can trigger the growth of new skin cells.

3. Brazil nuts for fertility problems
Sperm production requires a fairly specific nutrients, but these nutrients are missing in many modern foods, including selenium. By eating two or three selenium-rich Brazil nuts every day, to overcome fertility problems.

4. Peanuts for diabetes type 2 (diabetes as a lifestyle)
Much evidence suggests that eating peanuts can protect against diabetes and other metabolic syndrome, especially gallstones. Peanuts can provide a beneficial change in the number of fat cells (lipids) in the blood, plus the lack of cell damage and inflammation, so it is good for diabetics TIPA 2.

5. Walnut (walnuts) and almonds to enhance memory
Eating 45 g of walnuts a day can help memory impairment associated with age. beans are high in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and other polyphenols that act as antioxidants, can block the signals that can cause damage to the brain pathways.

6. Pistachio nut for lung cancer
Gamma-tocopherol, a form of vitamin E found in pistachios, may help reduce the risk of lung cancer. Research from the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Texas showed that eating pistachios each day can be beneficial to lung cancer and other PRU.

7. Almond to lose weight
According to research conducted at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, eating almonds can actually help you lose weight. Almonds are satiating effect and contain no saturated fat, can make people reduce large portions.

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