Thursday, February 25, 2010

WALNUT AND ITS NUTRITION

WALNUT



How much do we know about walnuts and its nutritional value? Let's see...

Walnuts are the best sources of omega 3 fatty acids, when compared to other nuts. Walnuts are also a best plant sources of protein.


Benefits of eating walnuts:

* It lowers the LDL Cholestrol(Bad Cholestrol) and increases the Good Cholestrol
thus,
reducing the risk of coronary heart diseases and heart attacks.

* The fibre content of walnut helps to get rid of constipation problems too.


* Walnuts contains more polyunsaturated fats which help in reducing the fasting insulin levels for type 2 diabetic patients.


Walnuts which taste bitter should not be eaten for
a few reasons:

1. They will taste bitter when they are not fresh
2. It also indicates oxidation has occured . If you smell an odour like paint, that means walnut is oxidised or rancid(smell or taste due to decomposition or chemical change)


Storage:


Store shelled walnuts in air tight containers in refridgerator (upto 6 months) or in freezer for 1 year.

How to cultivate the habbit of eating walnut :


Easiest way of adding walnuts to your diet which i do are:
1. Add chopped walnuts to the cereal
2. Add chopped walnut to the cake mix or muffin mix, before baking

3. Eat it as a snack, thus avoiding junk food

How much walnuts can we / should we eat per day?
5 walnuts per day
a quarter cup provides 90.8 % of the daily value for essential fats

Bonus recipe:)


1 cup - cauliflower washed and steamed
5 to 6 - whole walnut (broken into pieces)

1 tsp - olive oil

salt and pepper - to taste

1tbsp - split roastedgram powder



Mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl and, it is ready to eat. This is very healthy and also delicious for kids and elders as well.

Think Healthy and Live Healthy!

2 comments:

  1. Thank you Vidhya for sharing such a useful information with us. Keep going. We need discussions like this.

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  2. hi madam,
    thanks for the valuable information
    after reading this, when i opened my walnut container, it smelled like paint. Immediately i threw it into the trash can.

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