Ground Nut Benefits

Groundnuts

Ground Nut-Benefits

The ground nut or peanut is a species of Arachis Hypogea, which belongs to the family of Fabaceae. Peanut have many uses and in various forms such as peanut oil, peanut flour, roasted or boiled peanuts and peanut butter.

The peanuts consist of 570 kcal per 100 gm, 24 gm of monounsaturated fat,25 gm of protein including Tryptophan(0.25 gm), Leucine(1.5 gm), Tyrosine(1gm), Valine(1gm), Glutamic acid(5 gm) etc.It is also rich in Niacin(12.9mg), Folate(246 microgram) with high amount of Phosphorous (336 mg) and potassium(332 mg).

• As peanut is rich in folate, it promotes infertility
• Tryptophan in peanuts helps to prevent the depression, an aminoacid which catalyzes the production of serotonin involved in mood regulation
• Niacin in peanut reduces the chance of memory loss
• It can prevent gall stones
• Phytosterol in peanut reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer
• It contains high amount of anti oxidants, which doubles during boiling

Caution on use

It may be contaminated with aflatoxin produced by fungus with greenish yellow appearance, which is very toxic and carcinogenic.