Health Benefits of Cashew Nuts

Health Benefits of Cashew Nuts

Being kidney shaped nuts, cashews are considered as nature’s vitamin pill as it consists of different nutritive substances which facilitate lots of health benefits to us. Being a dry fruit, it is also used to prepare variety of dessert preparations for adding nutrition as well as taste too. Solid, sweet as well as tasty cashew nuts are packed with energy, protein, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins as well as other healthy substances which facilitate body building effectively. Being included in the Anacardiaceae family and Anacardium genus, this tree in usually found in the tropical regions though now a day it is cultivated commercially in different parts of the world for its usefulness. Some of the most common benefits which we can avail from the cashew nuts are described in the following:

·         Fights with tumour: Proanthocyanidin (flavonols) is an important substance which is present in the cashew nuts as a major constituent. This substance has enough capability to stop the unnatural growth and division of the tumour cells in our body. In this way it prevents us from the formation of the tumour.

·         Prevents cancer: Proanthocyanidin (flavonols) is actually constitutes of rich amount of copper. For this reason it has a higher ability to fight against the cancerous cell. Thus several types of cancer such as colon cancer and prostate cancer get prevented by the proper ingestion of it.

·         Rich source of anti-oxidants: It is recently reported that the cashew nuts is a rich source of antioxidants. Anti-oxidants prevent the release of the free radicals in our body which ultimately results into the prevention of the different severe disease which includes cancers also. Anti-oxidants like selenium and vitamin E helps a lot to boost the immune system in our body and thus protect us from being affected by many diseases.

·         Fights with Infection: Advanced scientific research shows that there is a presence of high amount of zinc in the cashew nuts which protects us from being infected by several types of microbes which includes bacteria, fungus etc.

·         Prevents cirrhosis: Being a rich source of vitamin K the cashew nuts helps a lot in the suppression of the growth of the tumour cells. Apart from this nut prevents the cirrhosis as well as liver cancer effectively thus gives us opportunity to live a healthy life for a long time.

·         Balances Cholesterol Level: Due to the presence of heart friendly monounsaturated essential fatty acids which are respectively known as oleic acid and palmitoleic acid, cashew nuts helps to lower the bad cholesterol level (that is LDL) and helps to increase the amount good cholesterol (that is HDL) in our body. Thus the cashew nuts play an important role in balancing the cholesterol level in our body.

·         Prevents from Cardiac Arrhythmia: Cashew nuts contain high amount of omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids which facilitates release of free radicals in our blood stream as well as prevents cardiac arrhythmia. For this reason possibility of getting affected by cardiac disease gets reduced.