Who knew Chestnuts were so good for us? The health benefits of chestnuts are outstanding! If we are looking for a great snack that’s light, easy to carry with us and is healthy, chestnuts meet these requirements and are cheaper compared to junk food like chips and lollies, costing less than $1 dollar for 200g. Regular packets of chips like Grain Waves and Thins chips, cost between $2 and $3.50 for 175g. Even though they meet our required tastes through artificial ingredients, these products do not have any health benefits. Below is a list of the remarkable health benefits of chest nuts.
· Chestnuts are a good source of dietary fibre, providing up to 8.1 g per 100g (about 21% of our Recommended Daily Intake). Putting Fibre into our diets helps increase our High density cholesterol levels. This promotes the removal of excess cholesterol in our intestines, arteries and brain.
· Being strong anti-oxidants, chestnuts offer protection from harmful free radicals.
· Chestnuts, compared to other nuts and seeds, are relatively low in calories. They contain less fat and provide rich minerals, vitamins and phyto-nutrients that benefit our health.
· Chestnuts are also rich in many important B-complex groups of vitamins. 100 grams of chestnuts provides about 11% of niacin, 29% of pyridoxine (vit.B-6), 100% of thiamin, and 12% of riboflavin.
· Chestnuts, like hazelnuts and almonds, are gluten free and therefore a popular ingredient in the preparation of gluten free food formulas for gluten-sensitive, wheat allergy and celiac disease persons.
· They are rich source of mono-unsaturated fatty like oleic acid (18:1) and palmitoleic acids (16:1). Monounsaturated fatty acids, omega fatty acids and antioxidants help prevent coronary artery disease and strokes by promoting healthy blood lipid profiles.
· Contains high quality protein.
· Standing out from other nuts and seeds, chestnuts are exceptionally rich in vitamin-C. 100 grams of chestnuts provides about 0.43 grams of vitamin C (72 % of our Recommended Daily Intake). Vitamin C is an essential compound in teeth, bones and blood vessels.
· Nutritionally, chestnuts possess almost a similar nutrition composition as that of other staple foods such as sweet potato, sweet corn, potatoes etc, consisting mainly of starch.
· Being rich in folates, a salt of folic acid. 100 grams of chestnuts provides 0.62 grams of folates (or 15.5% of our Recommended Daily Intake). Folic acid is required for the formation of red blood cells and DNA synthesis, that is, making new proteins.
· Chestnuts are an excellent source of minerals such as iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and zinc. They provide very good amount of potassium with roughly (518 micro grams per 100 grams ). Potassium helps counter hypertension from of sodium, lowers our heart rate and blood pressure. Iron helps prevent microcytic-anaemia. Magnesium and phosphorus are important components of bone metabolism.
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