What are the benefits of eating boiled peanuts?

Peanuts are very familiar in our daily life. When the peanut harvesting season comes, looking at the bunches of peanuts, we feel particularly satisfied. We can eat them while harvesting. Peanuts can be dried and stored for a long time, and can also be used to make peanut oil. They are very good ways to eat them raw or fried. Peanuts are rich in trace elements and protein, and the human body's absorption rate of peanuts is also very high. People who often eat peanuts can eliminate fatigue, improve intelligence, beautify the skin, etc. So besides these, what other effects do peanuts have?

Eating peanuts regularly has many benefits

1. Fitness and longevity peanuts contain more aspartic acid, so they have the effect of relieving fatigue; the fructose in peanuts is levulose, which contains more hydroxyl groups than other sugars. It can not only be stored by the liver, but also can be quickly used by the body without forming fat accumulation; peanut fat is rich in vitamin E, which can prevent unsaturated fatty acids from being oxidized, eliminate "free radicals", and has anti-aging effects.

2. Delay the decline of brain function and improve intelligence. Peanuts contain more glutamate. Glutamic acid is the most abundant amino acid in the brain, and the excitatory and inhibitory substances of nerve cells mainly come from glutamate. Peanuts also contain a certain amount of lecithin, which can be converted into choline by intestinal enzymes, enter the brain and combine with acetic acid to become acetylcholine, which is an important brain tonic substance that promotes thinking and enhances memory.

3. Lowering blood pressure, stopping bleeding, and lowering cholesterol. The unsaturated fatty acids and sterols in peanut oil, as well as the osmanthus fragrans in peanut shells, all have the effect of lowering cholesterol. There is also a folk remedy using peanut shells to treat high blood pressure: wash the dried peanut shells, boil them in water, and take 50 to 100 grams of the decoction each time. In addition, peanuts also have the functions of inhibiting platelet aggregation, preventing thrombosis, and protecting blood vessel walls.

4. Prevent and treat various hemorrhagic diseases. Peanut red skin has the effects of anti-fibrinolysis, promoting bone marrow to produce platelets, strengthening capillary contraction, and adjusting coagulation factor deficiencies. It not only has hemostatic effect, but also has a certain therapeutic effect on the primary disease of bleeding.

5. It has a certain beauty effect. The unsaturated fatty acids and sterols in peanut fat can make the skin moisturized and delicate, and make the hair thick and shiny.

Peanuts are indeed a healthy food that is inexpensive, good quality and nutritious. But it is worth noting that peanuts are easy to deteriorate, and after deterioration they are prone to produce aflatoxin, which is highly carcinogenic, so they must be properly stored. If the peanuts are moldy, they cannot be eaten.

What are the benefits of eating peanuts to your health?

Peanuts are a high-protein food that is suitable for all ages, has a unique flavor and is rich in nutrients. It contains a large amount of protein, fat, starch, crude fiber, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, palmitic acid, vitamins A, B, C, E, K and other nutrients. Peanut protein, like soy protein, is easily digested and absorbed by the human body. The absorption rate is as high as about 90%. Peanut protein contains more than a dozen amino acids needed by the human body, especially lysine. There are also glutamate, aspartic acid, etc. The results of scientific research show that these amino acids can promote the development of brain cells, improve children's intelligence, increase memory, and prevent premature aging. The catechins in peanuts also have strong anti-aging properties. Therefore, peanuts are a rare health product. Long-term consumption is very beneficial to the body.

Peanut is not only a highly nutritious food, but also a health medicine with high medicinal value. Peanut seeds, seed coats, seed husks and peanut oil can all be used as medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that peanuts have the effects of soothing the spleen and stomach, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, nourishing and regulating qi, clearing the throat and stopping malaria. It has certain therapeutic effects on benign and chronic nephritis, ascites, and milk deficiency. The shell of peanut contains luteolin, which can lower cholesterol. It has a good therapeutic effect on high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis and other diseases. Especially the red skin on the outside of the peanut kernel, because it can resist the dissolution of fibrin, promote bone marrow hematopoietic function, and shorten bleeding time, it is a good medicine that can both produce blood and stop bleeding. Zhixuening, which has been successfully developed by scientific research institutions, has a good therapeutic effect in treating bleeding in the digestive tract, pulmonary tuberculosis, urinary system, reproductive system, aplastic anemia, and traumatic bleeding due to various reasons.

The red skin of peanuts can also prevent neuritis, beriberi, dry eyes, stomatitis and other vitamin B1B2 deficiency diseases, so it is best to eat peanuts with the skin on. For patients with thrombocytopenic purpura, eating a few peanuts every day and long-term consumption may have certain therapeutic effects.

If you lack milk after giving birth, you can stew 60 grams of peanuts, 60 grams of soybeans and a pig's trotter together.

To treat high blood pressure, soak peanuts in vinegar, take them after five days, and eat 10 peanuts on an empty stomach every morning.

For the treatment of hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease, wash dry peanut shells and boil them in water, taking 50 to 100 grams each time.