Peanut is not a big threat to obesity. If eaten in moderation, it can also play a role in losing weight. Because it is a food with high calorie, high protein and high fiber, it can increase satiety, which is also commonly known as "relative anti-hunger". Proper consumption of peanuts and peanut products can effectively help people control their weight and prevent obesity.
Peanut, formerly known as groundnut (scientific name: peanut. ), a kind of nut with abundant output and extensive consumption in China, is also called "longevity fruit" and "cajanus cajan".
The benefits of eating peanuts:
1, anti-aging: catechins and lysine contained in peanut fruit have anti-aging effects on human body.
2. Coagulation and hemostasis: Peanut skin contains oil, multivitamins and substances that shorten coagulation time, which can resist the dissolution of fibrin, promote the production of platelets in bone marrow, have hemostasis effect on various hemorrhagic diseases, have certain therapeutic effect on primary diseases, and are beneficial to human hematopoietic function.
3. Nourishing blood and promoting lactation: The fat oil and protein in peanut fruit have the functions of invigorating qi and nourishing blood and promoting lactation for women with insufficient postpartum milk.
4. Promote development: The content of calcium in peanut fruit is extremely high, and calcium is the main component of human bones, so eating more peanuts can promote human growth and development.
5, enhance memory: lecithin and cephalin in peanut fruit are important substances needed by the nervous system, which can delay the decline of brain function, inhibit platelet aggregation and prevent cerebral thrombosis. Experiments show that eating peanuts regularly can improve blood circulation, enhance memory and delay aging.
6. Lowering cholesterol: Linoleic acid contained in peanut oil can decompose cholesterol in human body into bile acid and excrete it, so as to avoid the deposition of cholesterol in the body and reduce the incidence of various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by cholesterol exceeding normal.
7. Delaying human aging: The content of zinc in peanut fruit is generally higher than other oil crops. Zinc can promote children's brain development, enhance the memory function of the brain, activate brain cells of middle-aged and elderly people, delay premature aging and resist aging.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-peanuts