The benefits and advantages of nuts
In addition to having a tasty taste, fresh or dried nuts are good for your health.
Nuts, rich in vitamins and unsaturated fatty acids
With 25g of Périgord nuts, you cover more than 15% of your daily vitamin E needs. The intake of B vitamins is also important, the same for magnesium, potassium, iron and copper.
The walnut is especially rich in fatty acids that are very beneficial to the body, the famous Omega 3 in the lead, but also Omega 6, etc. These fatty acids are unsaturated and this is what makes the walnut and its oil an alternative to saturated “bad fats” from animal fats and dairy products…
Be careful, nuts are still a rich product, they must be consumed in moderate quantities so as not to cancel out their benefits.
How to consume nuts?
To ensure a balanced daily intake, a daily consumption of 30 g of nuts (i.e. 3 to 5 nuts) is good exercise...
In terms of healthy eating, it is advisable to rely on three principles:
- variety and balance of contributions,
- moderation on the quantities ingested,
- limit the share of meat products,
Walnuts (and more generally nuts) fit perfectly into these tips for diversifying your diet.
What type of nuts to choose?
And for overall well-being (respecting natural environments) and better health (limiting traces of pesticides or insecticides in the body), we must turn to productions from Organic Agriculture or very sustainable crops. . The nuciculture sector can present advantages from this point of view because it uses few inputs.
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