Eat peanuts for your health! Study finds: peanuts make blood vessels healthier, how to eat right?

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A study: eating 4-5 peanuts a day can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease

In September 2021, a study published in the international journal Stroke, researchers surveyed more than 74,000 Japanese adults aged 45-74 years old to assess lifestyle The relationship between factors such as lifestyle, frequency of peanut consumption, and the occurrence of cardiovascular disease was followed for approximately 15 years.

The results found that people who ate about 4 peanuts a day had a 20%, 16%, and 13% lower risk of ischemic stroke, total stroke, and cardiovascular disease, respectively, compared with those who did not eat peanuts.

Why do peanuts reduce the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease?

Researchers have analyzed that peanuts contain a variety of substances beneficial to cardiovascular health, such as unsaturated fatty acids. It is beneficial for improving blood lipids, inhibiting inflammation, and controlling blood sugar, which may help prevent the risk of cardiovascular disease.

It is worth reminding that this study is only an observational study, describing a correlation between eating peanuts in moderation and a reduced risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease, but the exact mechanism of both is unclear. Finally, the study also stressed that, although eating peanuts is beneficial to health, but in moderation, you can not rely on eating peanuts alone to prevent stroke. Blindly consuming large amounts of peanuts can instead lead to excess fat intake and affect health.

Two, bust those rumors about peanuts

There are very many rumors about peanuts, in fact, many are pseudoscience, daily see these rumors to pay attention to screening, do not step on the mines.

1, vinegar soaked peanuts can soften blood vessels?

There are rumors that vinegar soaked peanuts can soften blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis, is this true? In fact, there is no research to prove that peanuts can soften blood vessels. The third military university nutrition and food research center associate professor often Hui said, peanuts is a good dish, can often eat, but do not expect too high cure efficacy.

2. Does eating peanuts raise or lower blood pressure?

Trying to lower blood pressure by eating peanuts is not scientific, some studies mention peanuts have a blood pressure-lowering effect, using mostly peanut extract, which is fundamentally different from eating peanuts directly, to achieve an effective dose requires the intake of dozens of kilograms or more, which is obviously not doable. There is no food that is directly proven to lower blood pressure, the real blood pressure-lowering effect is the antihypertensive drugs!

3. Can cancer patients eat peanuts, which will accelerate the metastasis of cancer cells?

In July 2021, a study published in the international journal Carcinogenesis, researchers found that peanut agglutinins in peanuts enter the circulation and interact with endothelial cells when ingested in certain amounts, and then generate interleukin 6 and monocyte chemotactic proteins, which are like promoters of cancer metastasis and can help tumors metastasize. So does this mean that peanuts can't be eaten?

The answer is no, said Dr. Lan Xi, a clinical nutritionist at the Fifth People's Hospital of Chengdu, who said that eating peanuts in moderation will not help cancer metastasis because the peanut agglutinin content produced by consuming moderate amounts of peanuts is so low that it will hardly harm the body. On the contrary, there are antioxidant substances such as proanthocyanidins within the red coat of peanuts, and these substances have a role in inhibiting proto-oncogenes.

Three, although peanuts are good, but pay attention to 3 points

It should be reminded that although peanuts are good for health, but you can not blindly eat them, pay attention to these 3 points.

①Children under 4 years old: the probability of choking and coughing is high for younger children consuming peanuts, and they may even die of suffocation.

②People with peanut allergies: Peanuts are one of the eight major food allergens, and people with allergies may experience skin erythema, shortness of breath, and other conditions, and may die of shock.

③Patients with liver and gallbladder disease: peanuts are a high-fat food that needs to be digested and absorbed through the bile after entering the body, and patients who suffer from liver and gallbladder disease may have difficulty digesting and absorbing them in time, and may also have diarrhea.

④Obese and dyslipidemic people: peanuts are rich in oil and fat, and are generally not recommended for people with high blood lipids and obese bodies.

5 Patients with chronic kidney disease: peanuts are also a food with high protein content, which can easily increase the burden on the kidneys for patients with chronic kidney disease who have abnormal protein metabolism.

6) Patients with high uric acid and gout: Peanuts are a very high purine content food, and the high fat content reduces uric acid excretion, which is particularly unfriendly to people with high uric acid and gout.

China's "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" 2022 edition recommends a daily intake of nuts/soybeans 25-35 g. In the premise of eating soybeans in moderation, the weekly intake of nuts at about 50-70 g.

On a daily basis, once you find moldy peanuts, discard them promptly. Moldy peanuts are likely to have aflatoxin inside, which is an internationally recognized class of carcinogenic substance with strong carcinogenic and toxic properties, and is a great threat to health after consumption.

Although peanuts are beneficial to the human body, they should not be consumed blindly in large quantities and can easily backfire. In particular, people who are not suitable for eating peanuts should be more cautious.