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Amazing Health Benefits of Eating African Walnut Everyday

Here are 8 reasons why you should eat African walnut everyday:

1. Cancer-Fighting Properties

Walnuts can help prevent cancer as it contains cancer fighting properties such as as phytosterols, omega 3 fatty acid and antioxidant . Research have shown that it doesn’t only help reduce the risk of prostate cancer, but breast cancer as well.

2. Improves Sperm Quality In Men

Another reason this amazing nut should be consumed regularly especially by men is because its impact on male fertility. A recent finding revealed that among men who consume about 75 grams (a bit over one-half cup) of walnuts daily, had their sperm quality, including vitality, motility, and morphology significantly improved.

3. Heart Health

Walnuts contain amino acid l-arginine, which offers multiple vascular benefits to people with heart disease, or those who have increased risk of heart disease due to multiple cardiac risk factors.

It also contains the plant-based omega-3 fat alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which is anti-inflammatory and prevents the formation of pathological blood clots. Research shows that people who eat a diet high in ALA are less likely to have a fatal heart attack and have a nearly 50 percent lower risk of sudden cardiac death and that eating just four walnuts a day has significantly raise blood levels of heart-healthy ALA. Its consumption also supports healthful cholesterol levels.

4. Rich In Vitamins and Minerals

African walnut contains vitamins such as vitamin E,B6,B7, thiamin, folate and also a rich . of magnesium which is higly needed by the body daily.

5. Contains Rare and Powerful Antioxidants

Antioxidants are crucial to your health, as they are believed to help control how fast you age by combating free radicals, which are at the heart of age-. deterioration and walnuts contain several unique and powerful antioxidants that are available in only a few commonly eaten foods. This includes the quinone juglone, the tannin tellimagrandin, and the flavonol morin.

It also contain antioxidants that are so powerful at free-radical scavenging that researchers called them “remarkable”. Research has shown that walnut polyphenols helps prevent chemically-induced liver damage.

6. Weight Control

Adding walnuts to your diet can help you to maintain your ideal weight over time as it is associated with increased satiety.

7. Brain Health

Walnuts contain a number of neuroprotective compounds, including vitamin E, folate, melatonin, omega-3 fats, and antioxidants which support brain health, including increasing inferential reasoning in young adults.

8. Diabetes

The beneficial dietary fat in walnuts has been shown to improve metabolic parameters in people with type 2 diabetes. Overweight adults with type 2 diabetes who ate one-quarter cup of walnuts daily had significant reductions in fasting insulin levels compared to those who did not, and surprisingly, the benefit was achieved in the first three months.

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