Excellent Health Benefits of Cashew Nuts

Botanically ,Cashew is an average size tropical evergreen tree belonging in the Anacardiaceae Family.Scientific name is Anacardium occidentale.

 Cashew nuts are actually seeds that adhere to the bottom of the cashew apple, the fruit of cashew tree.

Health Benefits of Cashew Nuts

• Cashews are high calories. 100 g of nuts provide 553 calories. They are packed with soluble dietary fiber, vitamins,minerals and numerous health promoting phyto-chemicals that help protect us from diseases and cancers.
  
• Good body builder
• Cashew has no cholesterol
• Cashew helps maintain healthy gums and teeth.
• Cashew is an energizing food.
  
• Cashew  contains healthy mono saturated fat that promotes good cardiovascular health, because mono saturated fats reduce high triglyceride levels which are associated with increased risk for the heart disease.

Cashews contain low fat content when compared to other nuts and that too in oleic acid form which is very healthy for heart. They are cholesterol free and the antioxidants present keeps you away from heart disease.

• Cashew is rich in antioxidants that help in the elimination of free radicals that may cause some cancer
• Further , the nuts are also carry amount of Zea-Xanthin an importent pigment flavonoid antioxident, which selectively absorbed into the retanal macula lutea in the eyes. It is thought to provide antioxidant and protective UV ray filtering functions and helps prevent age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)in the elderly.
  

Proanthocyanidins are a class of flavonols which fight against tumor cells by stopping them to divide further. These Proanthocyanidins and high copper content in cashew nuts help fight against cancerous cells and keeps you away from colon cancer .This is one of the major cashew nut benefits.

• Magnesium works with calcium to support healthy muscles and bones in the body. It also helps promote normal sleep pattrens in menopausal women.
• Cashew nuts have a high energy density and high amount of dietary fiber,both have been attributed to a beneficial effect on weight management , but only when eaten in moderation.
• Cashew's has high copper content is vital in energy production,greater flexibility in blood vessels,bones and joints.
• Cashew nut consumption helps the body utilize iron ,eliminate free radicals, develop bone and connective tissue , and produce the skin and hair pigment melanin.
  
• Cashew nut helps the hair. It is the mineral which helps your hair to get the color. So if you take cashews which are full of copper content, you can get that black hair that you always wished for.
• Like calcium and magnesium it is also important to bones because it gives strength to bones and teeth.

Magnesium is stored on the bones surface which prevents calcium from entering the nerve cells and keeps the blood vessels and muscles relaxed. Insufficient amount of magnesium can lead calcium to enter the blood vessels leading them to contract. It also

leads to high blood pressure, migraine headache etc 

• Daily intake of cashew nut can reduce the risk of developing gallstones up to 25%
• Copper,Magnesium and selenium etc act as co-factors of many enzymes
• Cashew nuts are rich in vitamins. which helps to keep you safe from sideroblastic anemia,pellagra,etc.
• After monopause ,these cashew nuts can give you relaxed and pleasant sleep at nights.
• Cashew nuts helps our body to utilize iron properly and eliminate free radicals which cause heath problems.
• As mentioned before cashew nuts can helps to maintain the health bones, and teeth and also gums to hold the teeth.
• Cashew nuts have the ability to filter Suns UV rays and protect us from macular degeneration.

So guys you can use the Cashew nuts in your daily life you can live healthy.