The positive bacteria that causes acne, tooth decay, pneumonia and tuberculosis can be destroyed by anacardic chemicals in the cashew nuts that are seeds.
Cashew nuts are kidney-shaped seeds observe to the bottom of the cashew apple that grows in the coastal areas of northeast Brazil.
Maybe you have noticed that the cashews in the shell are not available on the market. That is because they are always sold pre-shelled because the interior of the shells contains a caustic resin that is known as cashew balm that needs to be removed very carefully before they are ready for consumption. The caustic resin is used in the industry to make insecticides and varnishes. The main commercial producers of cashews include Mozambique Nigeria, India, Tanzania and Brazil.
Cashew nuts are rich in copper, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese and zinc, and contain a far lower percent of fat than other fruits. The fat they contain consists of 82% unsaturated fatty acids, while 66% of these acids are heart-healthy monounsaturated fats similar to those in olive oil.
Many studies of patients with diabetes show that when the monounsaturated fat are added to a low-fat diet, that can help to reduce the high triglyceride levels. If you don’t know, triglycerides are a form in which fats are transported in the blood. High triglyceride levels are connected with an increased risk for some disease of the heart, so make sure to include some monounsaturated fats in your diet, maybe by eating cashews, especially if you have diabetes.
Cashew nuts destroy gram positive bacteria
One of the most amazing compounds in the cashew nuts are anacardic acids that kill gram positive bacteria that are responsible for many health problems such as tooth decay, tuberculosis, acne, leprosy, Francisella tularensis, Streptococcus pneumoniae. 1 part anacardic acid dissolved to 200,000 parts water to as low as 1 part in 2,000,000 is absolutely lethal to Gram positive bacteria in just 15 minutes.
Antioxidant, antitumor and anti-Helicobacter pylori properties are also part of the liquid inside the cashew nuts-shell and the anacardic acids.
Writing in Nature’s British Journal of Cancer, one group that made an analysis reported that the eating of nuts including the cashew nuts was discovered to be inversely connected with the risk of pancreatic cancer.
Moreover, twenty years of dietary documents collected from the Nurses’ Health Study on 80,000 women shows that they who eat minimum 1 ounce of cashew nuts every week have 25 percent lower risk of developing gallstones. 1 ounce of cashew nuts is just 28.6 nuts or 2 tablespoons of nut butter, and because it can prevent gallbladder disease, maybe it is great to eat cashews as an afternoon snack, or maybe tossing some cashews on your salad or oatmeal.
Including the nuts is your diet, lower the risk of weight gain
Because cashew nuts provide many cardio-protective benefits, many people avoid them because they fear of weight gain. But one study published in the journal Obesity shows that people who eat nuts minimum 2 a week has lower risk to gain weight than those people who never eat nuts.
A 28 month study that included 8,865 adult women and men in Spain, discovered that those who ate nuts minimum 2 times per week, were 31 percent less likely to gain weight than those who never or rarely ate nuts. Among the study participants who gained weight, those who never or rarely ate nuts gained more weight than those who ate nuts minimum 2 times per week.
The authors of the study concluded that frequent consumption of nuts was connected with a reduced risk of weight gain for 5 kg or more. So, it is really important to consume nuts if you want to protect your heart and not to gain weight.
So, try to include this nuts to your diet if you want to see the health benefits from the nuts.
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