Almonds Health and Nutrition Facts
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Almonds Health and Nutrition Facts
Early on in my reading about healthy foods, Almonds were high on the list. I was new to finding health through nutrition at the time, and from my reading, Almonds were among the super-foods. I loved eating them already, so it was great to hear this news. They are delicious roasted or raw, but heating can destroy some of the valuable vitamins and nutrients in the Almond, so my preference is raw. Following you will find some more information about almonds and their health and nutrition benefits. There is a lot of protein in almonds, but also notice the importance of the "skin" on the edible part of the almond.Almonds are a wonderful whole food, and science has discovered the benefits of eating them in their whole form. Recent research
reveals that the flavonoids in almond skin work in synergy with the vitamin E
found in almonds. This synergistic combination creates more than 200% the
antioxidant power of the almonds and almond skins when separated. Jeffrey Blumberg, Ph.D, who is the senior scientist and director of Antioxidants Research Lab at Tufts University at this typing states that "We
have identified a unique combination of flavonoids in almonds. Further blood tests demonstrated
that eating almonds with their skins significantly increases both flavonoids
and vitamin E in the body. This could have significant health implications,
especially as people age."
Blumberg's team tested the effects of almond skin's
flavonoids alone and then in combination with the vitamin E found in almonds.
The tests were done on blood samples containing LDL cholesterol. While almond
skin flavonoids alone enhanced LDL's resistance to oxidation by 18%, when the
almonds vitamin E was added, LDL's resistance to oxidation was extended
by 52.5%!
"The synergy between the flavonoids and vitamin E in
almonds demonstrates how the nutrients in whole foods such as almonds can
impact health," says Dr. Blumberg.
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