Reminder: Elderly people can prevent diseases by eating peanuts

　　Peanuts also have certain medicinal value and health care functions. They were called the "longevity fruit" by the ancients. Folk proverbs say: "Eating peanuts regularly can maintain health."

　　In a speech by Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton, they conducted a study on peanuts and their products at the University’s Dietary Metabolism Research Center. clinical test. The results prove that peanuts, peanut oil, and peanut butter are effective in preventing cardiovascular disease disease can play an important role. The study used a randomized, double-blind, 5-stage crossover design to observe the effects of 5 different diets on blood lipids and lipoproteins.

　　The five types of diets are: The first one represents the average diet of current American residents, that is, a high-fat, high-saturated fatty acid diet.； The second meal contains a low-fat, low-saturated fatty acid meal ； The third is the olive oil meal, a proven healthy meal； The fourth is peanut oil meal ； The fifth type is the 'Peanuts + Peanut Butter' meal. Experimental results show that compared with the first high-fat diet, the olive oil meal, peanut oil meal and peanut + peanut butter meal can significantly reduce total blood cholesterol and harmful cholesterol, and have basically no effect on good cholesterol. Although the second low-fat diet also reduced total cholesterol and harmful cholesterol, it significantly increased blood lipid content and reduced beneficial cholesterol. A comprehensive evaluation of this trial concluded that consuming olive oil can reduce the probability of cardiovascular disease by 25%, and consuming peanut oil and peanut products can reduce it by 21%. This result shows that peanut oil diet and peanut + peanut butter diet, like olive oil diet, can play an effective role in preventing cardiovascular disease.

　　Test results from the China Preventive Medicine College show that the zinc content of peanut oil per 100 grams reaches 8. 48 mg, which is 7 times that of salad oil, 16 times that of rapeseed oil, and 7 times that of soybean oil. Zinc can promote children’s brain development and activate elderly brain cells, which have a special effect on delaying aging. Regular consumption of peanut products can also alleviate the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, reduce platelet aggregation, and inhibit the development of tumors and obesity.

　　Experts believe that peanut oil is very rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, with a content of 40-80%. Monounsaturated fatty acids, also called oleic acid, can make the human body function better. Hyperlipidemia It reduces harmful cholesterol without lowering or relatively increasing beneficial cholesterol in the human body, avoiding thrombosis and reducing the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

　　It can be seen that peanuts and peanut products have a good effect on lowering blood lipids and preventing cardiovascular diseases. Today, the pursuit of a healthy and nutritious diet has become a topic of increasing concern to the people. As research results on peanut nutrition and health care continue to be released, peanuts, known as the "longevity fruit", will definitely bring more surprises to the people.