Which nuts are good for the heart and figure, and which increase libido

We often eat nuts, but how much do we know about these fruits? Research shows that some pop­u­lar and obscure nuts have some tru­ly amaz­ing prop­er­ties. Learn about them today to be healthy tomor­row and always!

1. Almonds: Strengthens bones, nails and teeth

Almonds are real tree nuts. It is one of the best sources of “beau­ty vit­a­min” E and man­ganese, pro­vid­ing 48% and 27% of the dai­ly val­ue, respec­tive­ly.

Com­pared to oth­er nuts, it has the high­est cal­ci­um con­tent. And cal­ci­um is need­ed to main­tain the strength of bones, nails and teeth, as well as the nor­mal func­tion­ing of mus­cles and nerves. That is why these nuts should be eat­en more often.

2. Black Walnuts: Maintain a Healthy Weight

Most peo­ple are only famil­iar with Eng­lish wal­nuts. They grow in house­hold plots and are wide­ly used in the food indus­try. But there are also black wal­nuts. They have less fat and car­bo­hy­drates, but almost 50% more pro­tein. Plus, it’s low­er in calo­ries. There­fore, they are ide­al for snack­ing for those who are on a diet or try­ing to main­tain a healthy weight.

3. Pistachios: Support visual acuity

These com­mon nuts can bring many ben­e­fits to a wom­an’s body. Due to the high con­tent of vit­a­min B6, they are famous for their abil­i­ty to reduce the symp­toms of menopause. Nuts are also rich in the antiox­i­dants lutein and zeax­an­thin, which play an impor­tant role in main­tain­ing visu­al acu­ity and pre­vent­ing eye dis­eases.

4. Brazil nuts: improve sperm quality

Just one serv­ing of Brazil nuts (5–6 pieces) con­tains about 544 micro­grams of sele­ni­um, which is sev­er­al times the dai­ly require­ment. Sele­ni­um plays an impor­tant role in male repro­duc­tive health. It main­tains a good libido and helps the body of the stronger sex to pro­duce qual­i­ty sperm. And sele­ni­um defi­cien­cy can even lead to infer­til­i­ty.

5. Chestnuts: Help Fight Viruses

Chest­nuts are also one of the vari­eties of nuts. Com­pared to oth­er fruits, they have the low­est fat and calo­rie con­tent. Raw, they are an excel­lent source of vit­a­min C. As you know, this vit­a­min has gen­er­al strength­en­ing prop­er­ties and helps the body fight bac­te­ria and virus­es.

6. Acorn: improves the health of offspring

Oak nut, or oak nut, as it is also called, has heal­ing prop­er­ties. How­ev­er, many peo­ple now under­es­ti­mate him. And once acorns were the main food all over the world. His­tor­i­cal evi­dence shows that peo­ple were eat­ing acorns as ear­ly as 6000 BC.

Acorns are a mod­er­ate source of man­ganese. One serv­ing of nuts will pro­vide 17% of its dai­ly val­ue. At the same time, it is known that moth­ers with man­ganese defi­cien­cy in their bod­ies gave birth to chil­dren with low body weight. And low con­cen­tra­tions of man­ganese in the blood of chil­dren lead to a dete­ri­o­ra­tion in thought process­es.

7. Hazelnut: Promotes healthy conception

Hazel­nut is a store­house of vit­a­min E, man­ganese and cop­per, and there­fore is indi­cat­ed to every­one who is faced with dis­eases of the heart and blood ves­sels. In addi­tion, it increas­es the chances of women to con­ceive, as it effec­tive­ly increas­es the lev­el of vit­a­min E in the body, the defi­cien­cy of which leads to infer­til­i­ty.

Con­tained in hazel­nuts is also use­ful for the expec­tant moth­er and baby folic acid. In one serv­ing of hazel­nuts (30 g) — 22 mcg of the sub­stance.

8. Macadamia nuts: strengthen the heart

In the rank­ing of nuts, this vari­ety is one of the most fat­ty and high-calo­rie. One serv­ing of macadamia nuts (30 g) will bring 215 kcal. But there is good news too! All the fats present in nuts are healthy, that is, mega-use­ful.

Monoun­sat­u­rat­ed and polyun­sat­u­rat­ed acids sup­port heart health, help low­er high lev­els of “bad” cho­les­terol in the blood, and main­tain a healthy weight.

9. Pili nuts: will replace vitamin complexes

On the ter­ri­to­ry of Rus­sia, lit­tle is known about these nuts, but in West­ern coun­tries they already enjoy well-deserved pop­u­lar­i­ty. They are rec­om­mend­ed to ath­letes and every­one who adheres to a keto diet.

The taste of these nuts is pleas­ant, oily. Almost 90% of their weight is fats, the remain­ing 10% are vit­a­mins E and B, mag­ne­sium, phos­pho­rus, cal­ci­um, iron, cop­per and oth­er valu­able min­er­als. These nuts will be an excel­lent help at the time of beriberi, but they should be con­sumed in mod­er­a­tion.

10. Pecans: fight fatigue

These are the per­fect nuts for any­one who does­n’t feel well in the morn­ing and can’t get rid of the feel­ing of tired­ness. Pecan con­tains a rare vit­a­min B3, which restores strength and fills the body with ener­gy. And this nut is very ben­e­fi­cial for men’s health, as it con­tains the sub­stance beta-sitos­terol. There are stud­ies prov­ing that it can pre­vent prostate dis­eases.

11. Cola Nut: Energizing

If you can’t imag­ine your life with­out ener­gy drinks, then this kind of nuts is for you. It con­tains nat­ur­al caf­feine and theo­bromine — the same ones that are present in a cup of cof­fee. Wal­nut has a stim­u­lat­ing effect and helps to stay awake when need­ed.

But when using them, you need to be care­ful: one Cola nut con­tains twice as much caf­feine as in a cup of strong cof­fee.

12. Cashews: Improve Cognitive Function

These nuts are a must for any­one on a veg­e­tar­i­an diet as they are high in pro­tein, iron and zinc. They are also rich in mag­ne­sium, a min­er­al that is very impor­tant for the health of the ner­vous sys­tem, it improves cog­ni­tive func­tion and slows the pro­gres­sion of age-relat­ed mem­o­ry loss.

13. Peanuts: prevents hair loss

Although botan­i­cal­ly, peanuts are legumes, that does­n’t stop many peo­ple from refer­ring to them as nuts. That’s why we includ­ed it in this list. The fats present in peanuts are ben­e­fi­cial for health and main­tain­ing a fig­ure. One study found that peo­ple who eat peanuts at least twice a week are less like­ly to put on extra pounds. And oth­er stud­ies show that peanuts have a high­er pro­tein con­tent than many oth­er nuts.

In addi­tion, peanuts are rich in biotin, a defi­cien­cy of which can lead to hair loss and increased brit­tle nails.

Include nuts in your menu more often and try dif­fer­ent options. By stick­ing to vari­ety, you will get the most ben­e­fit.