Among many foods, peanuts have always been a hot topic. Some people say eating peanuts can protect blood vessels. Some people think that peanuts are high in fat and will get fat if eaten too much. Patients with three highs can't eat peanuts. So which statement is credible? Might as well follow the doctor to find out.
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Is eating peanuts good or bad for blood vessels?
Peanut oil squeezed from peanuts is delicious, whether it is cold or stir-fried. On the one hand, only peanuts can extract oil. Some people think that the fat content of peanuts must be high. Eating more will aggravate the body and is not conducive to the recovery of the disease. Actually, it's not.
Although peanuts contain a lot of fat, most of them are unsaturated fatty acids, and fish also contain these substances. Eating peanuts in moderation can protect blood vessel health and reduce the chances of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so eating peanuts in moderation is still good for your health, but the key to eating peanuts to protect your health lies in how to eat it. If peanuts are not eaten correctly, they will also cause damage to blood vessels.
Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, China Academy of Sciences conducted a series of explorations on these issues, and finally found that under the same diet, although the weight of the subjects who ate peanuts was lower than before, the metabolic syndrome in the body gradually became higher and the metabolic function was normal, thus reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
If you want to protect blood vessels by eating peanuts, you need to control the intake of peanuts. After all, peanuts have a high oil content, so you should eat a small handful every day and control it within 20 grams. For example, fried peanuts and salted peanuts are not recommended. Raw peanuts or boiled peanuts are preferred. Only in this way can it be helpful for vascular health.
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The health benefits of eating peanuts?
1, brain strengthening and intelligence improving
Peanut is a frequent visitor to nutritious meals in many schools, occupying an important position. In addition to delicious taste and rich nutrition, peanuts also have the effect of strengthening the brain and improving intelligence. Peanut contains 10 kinds of amino acids, which are essential nutrients for human body. Lysine is the best of many amino acids, while glutamic acid and aspartic acid can promote the development of brain cells and improve memory.
If there are children at home who are under great learning pressure, it may be helpful to add peanuts to their daily diet, which may help to improve their academic performance.
2, beauty beauty, anti-aging
Women who love beauty can often eat peanuts in peacetime. Peanut has the anti-aging effect of beauty beauty, and the catechin contained in it has a strong antioxidant effect, among which lysine can improve the cell regeneration ability. Peanut soup, porridge and a few peanuts are delicious and nutritious.
It should be noted that when eating peanuts, you must chew slowly, because peanuts are hard in texture and are not easily digested and absorbed by the stomach, which is easy to cause indigestion.
3. Breast milk.
Oily foods such as pig's trotters and crucian carp are common weaning foods. Although it is very effective for weaning, it will gain weight after confinement, and peanuts are also very effective for lactation, but most people don't know it.
Protein contained in peanuts is an essential nutrient for lactating women. After production, if the milk is insufficient, you can eat boiled peanuts or raw peanuts. Peanuts can also be stewed with crucian carp, pig's trotters and other foods, and the milking effect is better.
4, moistening the lungs and relieving cough
Peanut has the effect of moistening lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Many elderly people have asthma for many years, and cough constantly when changing seasons. At this time, they need to go to the hospital in time to cooperate with the doctor for treatment. Colleagues add proper amount of peanuts to their daily diet to play an auxiliary therapeutic role.
Peanut is rich in fatty oil and fatty oil, which is the main force to relieve cough and resolve phlegm. Although it has a good effect of moistening the lungs, it cannot be completely treated by peanuts. Still have to go to the hospital to listen to the doctor's guidance to treat the disease.
Step 5 lower cholesterol levels
Peanut contains a lot of oil, but most of these oils belong to unsaturated fatty acids, which is good for blood vessel health, and can remove the lipid accumulated on the inner wall of blood vessels and regulate the cholesterol level.
In addition, unsaturated fatty acids will not make people fat. Proper intake of unsaturated fatty acids can improve vascular elasticity and have a good preventive effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and cerebral infarction.
Step 6 stop bleeding
Peanut red coat has a good hemostatic effect, and vitamin K is an important factor in hemostasis. People with blood-borne diseases can add peanuts to their daily diet, which is very helpful for disease control.
Eating peanuts also has disadvantages:
1, easy to cause abdominal distension.
Eating too much peanuts is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort, because peanuts contain a lot of oil that is not easy to digest and absorb. Excessive consumption will increase the burden of spleen and stomach operation, which will cause gastrointestinal discomfort such as indigestion and bloating, and even cause symptoms such as diarrhea.
2, easy to get angry
At present, the common way to eat peanuts is frying or adding a lot of spices to taste, which makes it easy to get angry when it gets hot. Therefore, people who often eat peanuts should strictly control their intake to prevent getting angry.
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To protect blood vessels, it is recommended to eat less of these three vegetarian foods.
1, pickled food
Radish strips with rice porridge is the breakfast habit of most people. Radish strips are pickled food, although they are also a kind of vegetables. However, during the curing process, a lot of salt and other condiments were added to these foods. The main component of salt is sodium. If you eat a lot of pickles for a long time, it is not conducive to maintaining blood vessel health.
Pickled vegetables will breed a lot of bacteria and harmful substances, such as nitrite, so pickled foods such as kimchi and small pickles should be eaten as little as possible.
2. fennel
When it comes to fennel, many people may think of fennel jiaozi and steamed stuffed bun. Fennel is delicious, but it is a vegetable with high sodium and low potassium. Intake of a large amount of sodium will lead to the increase of vascular osmotic pressure, which is harmful to health. The sodium content in salt is relatively high. Eating food made of fennel often will lead to blood pressure fluctuation, which is very harmful to blood vessel health.
3. flour and rice
Eating too much flour and rice and eating less coarse grains and miscellaneous grains will increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. There is no food that people with hyperlipidemia must not eat. Only scientific and reasonable proportion and structure can better protect the health of blood vessels and heart.
In order to protect blood vessel health, don't eat the above three kinds of vegetarian food, but also keep a positive and optimistic attitude and adjust your work and rest. No matter young people or old people, they should release stress reasonably and keep a positive and optimistic attitude, which is conducive to maintaining good health.