Peanut butter. Photo: Foodista
jpnn.com, JAKARTA – BEAN is one of the healthy foods that you can consume anytime.
There are various types of healthy nuts that you can consume. Starting from peanuts, cashews, almonds, walnuts, and others.
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Peanuts are one of the most popular types of nuts. Peanuts can be processed in various dishes.
Starting from peanut butter, fried peanuts, peanut cake, and others. You usually spread peanut butter on bread or use it as a salad dressing.
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However, the benefits of peanut butter do not end there. The following is an explanation, as quoted on the page Ndtv.com.
1. Weight Loss
With 180 to 210 calories per serving, call peanut butter as a diet food may seem counter-intuitive.
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However, to be honest, eating peanut butter actually suppresses hunger which leads to weight loss.
It has an enviable combination of fiber (2.6 g per serving) and protein (7-8 g per serving) that keeps you feeling full longer, so you end up eating less overall.
2. Healthy Heart
Peanut butter contains a substance called p-coumaric acid which helps compensate for the damage done to the cells associated with it disease cardiovascular.
Additionally, peanut butter contains more unsaturated fat than saturated fat, making it a fat-friendly food that lowers the risk of cardiovascular and coronary heart disease.
3. Lowers Cancer Risk
Research shows that eating a vitamin E, rich diet lowers the risk of stomach, colon, lung, liver and other cancers and you guessed it, peanut butter is packed with cancer-fighting vitamin E.
4. Protects Against Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nuts are one of the highest niacin-containing foods, and people who eat foods rich in niacin, namely vitamin B3, are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or other memory disorders.
Niacin contained in peanut butter helps repair damaged brain cells, which provides protection against this disease.
In addition, the content of p-coumaric acid in peanut butter helps fight oxidative stress on body cells associated with neurodegenerative diseases.
5. Prevent Gallstones
Studies have shown that eating peanut butter in moderation can actually reduce the risk of gallstones by up to 25 percent.
This is because most gallstones are cholesterol stones, which are associated with high levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol.
Peanuts have the ability to lower LDL (bad cholesterol) and increase the ‘good’ cholesterol i.e. HDL, thereby reducing the chances of developing gallstones.
6. Lowers the Risk of Diabetes
Peanuts and peanut butter have been shown to positively affect blood sugar control and help reduce diabetes risk.
According to a study published in the Journal of The American Medical Association, eating about 2 tablespoons of peanut butter at least 5 days a week can reduce the risk of diabetes by almost 30 percent, especially type 2 diabetes.(fny/jpnn)
Editor & Reporter : Fany Elisa
