Benefits of Eating Nuts Everyday
Nuts are considered very healthy and a great source of plant based proteins. High in protein, fiber and fats, have numerous and impressive health benefits if consumed daily as a part of a balanced diet. Research shows that raw and unsalted nuts are one of the best known food that can be added to our daily diet as they contain unsaturated fatty acids and other vital nutrients. They also make for a great snack food – inexpensive, easy to store and easy to carry on the go.
Some nutty fast facts:
- Nuts are known to reduce factors that cause cancer.
- Nuts are enriched with anti-viral properties.
- It is helpful in controlling blood pressure and maintain elasticity of the arteries.
- Are highly beneficial for overall health, particularly for our heart.
- Are rich in calories and fats.
There are variety of nuts and each has its own resource of vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients, and it is thereby important to get to know what, which and how much to incorporate these nuts in our diets.
Health Benefits of having nuts daily
- Good for heart: Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats in nuts are responsible for lowering LDL cholesterol levels. LDL are considered as bad cholesterol that develops as plaque on the artery walls, narrowing the arteries and blood vessels and thus resulting in high blood pressure. Nuts also are rich in fibers which lowers cholesterol and thereby, the risks of high blood pressure, heart diseases and stroke.
- Helpful against diabetes: Diabetics have higher triglyceride levels, and nuts naturally help in lowering these levels, thereby reducing the risk of developing diabetes. Nuts also are fruitful in stabilizing blood sugar levels due to the hormone adiponectin. This hormone is responsible for absorbing excess sugar from the bloodstream so that it can never get too high.
- Aids in weight loss: Nuts are a great food that keeps us fuller for a longer time frame and reduces food cravings. When substitute for meat and milk being high in protein and calcium controls those extra kilos that meat and milk adds due their high amounts of saturated fats. The high dietary fiber contents of nuts keeps our digestive track clean and boosts energy for more work out.
- Improves memory: The anti-oxidants found in nuts helps remove the toxins and heavy metals that clog our brain and improves memory and concentration.
- Fights cancer: Due to presence of toxins in our body the cells starts dividing unnaturally causing cancer. The anti-oxidant properties of nuts helps to get rid of body toxins and let the cells remain healthy, hereby, reduce the risks of cancer development.
Source: Ms. Sheela Seharwat, Dietitian. She is one of the youngest successful entrepreneur of India, and founder and head mentor of Diet Clinic Health Care Pvt. Ltd.
Image Source: BBC Good Food
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Thats a very helpful post thanks for sharing
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Thanks for reading Dear 😀
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I love nuts: Especially pistachios, cashews, walnuts and almonds.
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Pistachios are my fav! 😀
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I really go crazy for nuts… thanks for telling so many benefits too
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Thanks for reading 🙂
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Soaked almonds are a part of my morning too. This daily habit helps go a long way, completely agree with you.
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That’s Great 🙂
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Nuts are really good for Health! I love cashews, peanuts, walnuts and most of the nuts! They are so yummy
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Yeah.. I love them too :p
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Perfect heading and indeed I love Nuts and try to take a fix quantity of mixture of all nuts in my diet daily.
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Such a wonderful thing to do 🙂
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I love nuts and keep them in a glass jar on my dining table so that all of us can munch on them when we have small hunger pangs
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Wow! That’s nice.. It’s great for snacking
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Nuts are very essential for good health. And I personally love almonds
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I love pistachios
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Nuts are truly essential for all. I go nuts over nuts like you. Thank you for sharing the goodness
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I can have nuts all the time simply love them. Good to know their nutritional significance.
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Absolutely! Thanks for reading 🙂
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I do indulge in the nuts every single day especially the almonds and walnuts because they are good for skin and hair.
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So cool
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Oh yeah NUTS – I call them nuts are for Life. best hunger sucker and nutritional. Thanks for sharing the details about it.
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Thanks for reading dear
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Nuts are just too good for all the individuals as they are a healthy source as well as tasty!
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Absolutely! Thank you 🙂
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Walnuts are great for keeping blood cholesterol levels to normal, nice post Tripti
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I eat nuts everyday.. Love your post
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Me too
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I want to to thank you for this fantastic read!! I absolutely loved every little bit of it. I’ve got you bookmarked to look at new things you post…
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