Indians are already aware of the goodness of almonds. Almonds have several health boosting properties – its good for your brain, promotes weight loss, reduces blood pressure, lowers cholesterol.
That is why nutritionists encourage everybody to include almonds in their diet.
Almonds: Nutritional Benefits
Almonds are traditional snack for most Indians. Almonds add protein, fibre, “good” monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, vitamin E, potassium and magnesium to the diet, and are low on the glycemic index.
Almonds is a great source of energy and nutrition, enjoy these tree nuts whole or as an ingredient in a variety of easy to make snacks.
“Choose a diet low in saturated fat. Choose Almonds”
Good for Diabetics
Diabetic Indians should include almonds in their diet to reduce cardiovascular risk, says a new study.
Now there’s another reason to eat them, especially if you’re a diabetic.
A study says eating almonds can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases in Indians with type 2 diabetes, and also improve their general health. Almonds help glycemic control, and reduces the glycemic index of the food that diabetics eat.
In the test conducted, raw Almonds (with their brown skin intact) were substituted for fat (such as cooking oil and butter) and some carbohydrate in the diet, which was followed for six months.
Researchers found a significant decrease in a number of critical risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes, including waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, total cholesterol, serum triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, HbA1c (a measure of long-term blood sugar regulation) and C-reactive protein (a marker for inflammation in the body).
A wealth of research investigating almond consumption has shown cardiometabolic benefits like those found in this study. Previous studies have shown the benefits of almonds in improving the quality of the diet without increasing caloric intake, as well.
“India is known as the diabetes capital of the world, with incidence of type 2 diabetes currently reaching epidemic proportions”.
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