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Eat more cooked peanuts. What are the benefits?
Peanut is rich in nutrients, including vitamins, lecithin, protein amino acids, choline, oleic acid and stearic acid. Peanut is also a good Chinese medicine, which has a good therapeutic effect on malnutrition, anemia, chlorosis, spleen and stomach imbalance, cough with excessive phlegm and asthma, constipation due to intestinal dryness, and lack of milk. Because of its high nutritional value and long life, it is also called "longevity fruit". Its medicinal value mainly includes the following aspects:

Prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Peanut contains unsaturated fatty acids, choline, lecithin and other nutrients, which can increase the properties of capillaries, prevent the occurrence of heart disease, hypertension and cerebral hemorrhage, and prevent cholesterol from accumulating in blood vessels and causing arteriosclerosis. Peanut shell contains luteolin and b sitosterol, which can lower blood pressure and blood lipid.

Prevention and treatment of hemorrhagic diseases. Peanut has hemostatic effect, and its skin contains anti-fibrinolytic components, which can improve the quality of platelets and enhance the contraction function of capillaries, and can be used to prevent and treat hemophilia, primary or secondary thrombocytopenic purpura.

Prevention and treatment of dermatosis. Peanut has the functions of strengthening epidermal tissue and preventing bacterial invasion, and can be used for preventing and treating skin diseases such as skin aging, eczema and tinea corporis.

Intelligently prolong life. Peanut contains choline and lecithin, which is rare in general miscellaneous grains. It can promote human metabolism, enhance memory and nervous system, improve intelligence, resist aging and prolong life.

In addition, peanuts can also be used to prevent and treat diabetes and prostatic hypertrophy.

There are many ways to eat peanuts, such as raw, cooked, fried and fried. However, stir-frying and frying do great damage to the nutrients such as vitamin P, which are rich in peanuts, making the sweetness of peanuts hot and dry, and it is easy to get angry after eating. Considering the health care and taste, it is better to stew peanuts with water, which is tepid, easy to digest and suitable for all ages.