The nutrition and efficacy of peanuts

Peanuts, as one of the traditional foods popular with the people, have enjoyed the reputation of "Changsheng" since ancient times. The folk proverb says: "eating peanuts often can keep healthy". It is found that it has certain medicinal value and health care function.

1, lower cholesterol: peanut oil contains a lot of linoleic acid, this substance can cause cholesterol in human body to decompose into bile acid in vitro, avoid cholesterol in the body, reduce the cholesterol in the human body more than normal value and cause a variety of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease incidence.

2, delay human senescence: the content of zinc in peanut is generally higher than that in other oil crops. Zinc can promote the development of the brain in children and enhance the memory function of the brain; it can activate the brain cells of middle-aged and elderly people, effectively postpone the premature senescence of the human body and have anti aging effect.

3, prevention of cancer: peanut and peanut oil contains a highly bioactive natural polyphenols resveratrol. It is a natural chemopreventive agent for tumor diseases, and can also reduce platelet aggregation, prevent and treat atherosclerosis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Resveratrol is listed as one of the most effective anti-aging substances. Peanut products such as peanuts and peanut oil, which are rich in resveratrol, will play a greater role in diet and health.

The nutritional value of peanuts

Peanuts are more calories than meat, 20% higher than milk, 40% higher than eggs. Other proteins such as protein, nucleoprotein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and so on are higher than milk, meat, eggs and so on. Peanuts also contain vitamin A, B, E, K, and lecithin, protein amino acids, choline and oleic acid, peanut acid, fatty acid, palmitic acid and so on.