Health Benefits of Eating Nuts and Bulk Peanut Seeds

We all know the smooth, creamy delicious appeal of peanut butter, made from bulk peanut seeds. On its own or paired with another complementary food item, such as jelly or bananas, the allure of peanut butter is hard to resist. So irresistible that 90% of the homes in America eat peanut butter!

Likewise, many other members of the nut family such as the American walnut, Brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, pumpkin seeds and many more are as flavorful when used in cooking and food preparation as bulk peanut seeds.

But these delicious nuts are not just pretty and scrumptious. The benefits of eating peanuts and the benefits of tree nuts in general are numerous. Among the many uses of bulk peanut seeds and other types of nuts, one area stands out: the area concerning their nutritional benefits.

Here are a few statistics related to the benefits of nuts and the advantages of peanuts to think about the next time you’re in the store and you’re considering buying some bulk peanut seeds or other types of nuts and seeds.

Nuts are Good Brain Food
Not only are nust delicious, but the are really good for your brain and have been shown to improve brain function. Walnuts were the stars when 64 young people participated in an eight-week study recently and their comprehension improved by eating walnuts!

Nuts Help Fight Disease
We all want to ward off illness as much as possible. Nuts can help. Two servings perd ay was found to be helpful in fighting disease, according to Harvard research. The diseases that nuts fight include cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Nuts are Loaded with Vitamins
Your choice: you can have a serving of macadamia nuts or swallow a pill. What is more satisfying? Most of us would opt for the handful of delicious macadamia nuts, which are filled with thiamin (23% of daily recommendation), vitamin B1 and magnesium (58% of daily recommendation).

Nuts Can Help Keep Your Weight Down
Yes, you read that correctly. Recently, a Spanish-based study followed over 8,000 participants, keeping track of their nut consumption. What did they find? Interestingly, those who rarely ate nuts lost out; the ones who were 31% less likely to gain weight were the ones who had nuts twice a week–at least.

With all these benefits, it’s clear to see that the advantages of peanuts and the benefits of tree nuts make eating nuts and seeds–including bulk peanut seeds–a wonderful, healthy lifestyle choice.

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Francis Pitt

Francis Pitt has made a name for himself in farm-to-table organics, working at restaurants in Portland, Seattle and Burlington, Vermont. While he has a taste for the extreme, most of his restaurant’s top sellers are much more down-to-earth, regularly featuring mushrooms gathered from the slopes of the Cascades, and fresh wild-caught seafood from the Oregon coast. Inspired by trends in Portland, his latest restaurant offers the ultimate chef’s table: dinner begins in the morning at his island collective farm, and 4 lucky guests every week get to follow the food, literally, from the field to the plate! Francis is a firm believer that you are what you eat — do you really want to be a chemistry set?

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