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The benefits of eating peanuts every day

2020-12-22 09:50:32
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Peanuts are rich in nutrition, high in quality and low in price, and are a favorite nut of Chinese people. According to a recent study in the American journal of culinary light, five good things about peanuts are described.

Control your appetite peanuts are a "high satiety" food. Purdue university professor of nutritional sciences Dr Matese said: "the peanut high satiety is not just a fat, dietary fiber and protein content, but the result of all factors synergy." Kathy McManus, head of the nutrition department at brigham and women's hospital, said eating peanuts or peanut butter for breakfast can reduce the amount of food you eat throughout the day.

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It helps reduce the salt content of salty peanuts, which is less than the same weight of sliced bread and frozen waffles. Therefore, salted peanuts, eaten at breakfast, not only can satisfy your taste for salty food, but also not easy to lead to excessive salt intake.

Studies on stabilizing blood sugar found that switching from a portion of red meat to peanuts in the diet reduced the risk of diabetes by 21 percent. Peanuts slow down the absorption of carbohydrates. If you eat peanuts in the morning, your blood sugar will not be too high throughout the day.

Maintain a healthy heart The researchers believe that the composition of fatty acid in peanut, plus other ingredients, can lower LDL (bad cholesterol) levels, make them stronger.

Women who ate peanuts at least twice a week had a 58 percent lower risk of developing colon cancer, the study found. Men who ate peanuts at least twice a week reduced their risk by 27 percent. The scientists say it may be the folic acid in peanuts and other cancer-fighting nutrients that are at work.


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