Kashmiri Organic Walnuts
Our Organic Himalay ‘Kashmirs Organic Walnuts’ are high in key nutrients like antioxidants, proteins, dietary fiber, and essential omega-3 fatty acids, that have been linked to a variety of health advantages to our human body. All these nutrients contribute to the benefits of Walnuts. They provide healthy fats, fiber, vitamins and minerals and can promote heart-health, reduce cancer risk, support brain function, and reduce inflammation in human body.
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A Walnut-Rich diet is essential for maintaining your good health. Walnuts are the only nut that contains the needed plant-based omega-3 Fatty Acids, a special type of protective fat that a human body cannot produce.
Health benefits of Walnuts
- Supports Good Brain Function
The nutrients in Walnuts, including Polyunsaturated fat, Polyphenols and Vitamin-E, can help reduce oxidative damage and inflammation in your brain. Eating walnuts will help in better brain function, including faster processing speed, more mental flexibility and better memory.
- Rich in Antioxidants
Walnuts have higher antioxidant activity than any other common nut, as such, they are an excellent source of Vitamin-E, Melatonin and Plant Compounds called Polyphenols, which are particularly high in the papery skin of walnuts and will help fight oxidative damage in our body, including damage due to ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol.
- Super Plant Source of Omega-3
Walnuts are significantly higher in Omega-3 fat than any other available nuts, Omega-3 fat from Walnuts, is called alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). It’s an essential fat, which will help reduce heart disease risk. Eating Walnuts every day lowers your risk of dying from heart disease by 10%.
Eating Walnuts not only nourishes you, but also the ‘Beneficial Bacteria’ that live in your gut. This promotes the health of your gut and help reduce disease risk. If your gut is rich in health-promoting bacteria and other microbes (your gut microbial), you’re more likely to have a healthy gut & good overall health.
- Supports Weight Control
Walnuts are calorie dense, however, that the energy absorbed from them is 21% lower than would be expected based on their nutrients. What’s more, eating Walnuts can help control your appetite as you may not absorb all of the calories in Walnuts. Additionally, they will even help you control appetite and hunger.
- Can Help Manage Type 2 Diabetes and Lower the Risk
Eating Walnuts can help control type 2 diabetes and reduce your risk of the disease, as the nut can help control your weight. Walnuts have more direct effects on blood sugar control, as well. Consuming Walnut regularly, while continuing usual diabetes medication and balanced diet, will result in decrease in fasting blood sugar.
- Can Help Lower Blood Pressure
Walnuts help lower blood pressure, including in people with high blood pressure and in healthy people when under stress. These nuts can improve the blood pressure benefited for a heart-healthy diet. This is important, as small differences in blood pressure are thought to have a big impact on your risk of heart disease death.
- Can Reduce Risk of Some Cancers
Walnuts are rich in the Polyphenol Ellagitannins. Certain gut microbes can convert these to compounds called Urolithins. Urolithins have anti-inflammatory properties in your gut, which may be one way that eating Walnuts helps protect against breast, prostate and colorectal cancers, and could also help protect against other cancers.
- Improves Blood Fats
Regularly eating Walnuts has been consistently shown to decrease ’bad’ LDL cholesterol and triglycerides levels in blood, which contribute to heart disease risk.
- Can Decrease Inflammation
Inflammation is the root of many diseases, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer, and can be caused by oxidative stress.
The Polyphenols in walnuts can help fight this oxidative stress and inflammation, also, the beneficial bacteria in your gut convert ellagitannins to compounds called urolithins, which have been found to protect against inflammation, also, ALA omega-3 fat, magnesium and the amino acid arginine in Walnuts can decrease inflammation.
Eating walnuts regularly may support sperm health and male fertility and help counteract potential harmful effects of less-than-ideal eating habits on sperm health, help protect sperm by reducing oxidative damage in their membranes.
12.Supports Healthy Aging
As you age, good physical functioning is essential for maintaining your mobility and independence.
A healthy diet that includes Walnuts can help preserve physical function, such as walking and self-care abilities as you age. Though high in calories, Walnuts are packed with essential vitamins, minerals, fiber, fats and plant compounds that can help support good physical functioning as you age.
Nutrition facts:
Walnuts are made up of 65% fat and about 15% of protein. They’re low in carbs — most of which consist of fiber.
A 1-ounce (30-gram) serving of walnuts — about 14 halves — provides the following nutrients (2Trusted Source):
- Calories: 185
- Water: 4%
- Protein: 4.3 grams
- Carbs: 3.9 grams
- Sugar: 0.7 grams
- Fiber: 1.9 grams
- Fat: 18.5 grams
Fats:
Walnuts contain about 65% fat by weight, like other nuts, most of the calories in walnuts come from fat. This makes them an energy-dense, high-calorie food. However, even though walnuts are rich in fat and calories, they don’t increase obesity risk when replacing other foods in your diet.
Walnuts are also richer than most other nuts in Polyunsaturated fats. The most abundant one is an omega-6 fatty acid called Linoleic acid.
They also contain a relatively high percentage of the healthy omega-3 fat alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). This makes up around 8–14% of the total fat content.
In fact, Walnuts are the only nuts that contain significant amounts of omega-3 fat ALA.
ALA is considered especially beneficial for heart health. It also helps reduce inflammation and improve the composition of blood fats.
What’s more, ALA is a precursor for the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA, which have been linked to numerous health benefits.
Vitamins and minerals:
Walnuts are an excellent source of several vitamins and minerals which are essential to human body, including:
- Copper- This mineral promotes heart health. It also helps maintain bone, nerve, and immune system function.
- Folic acid- Also known as folate or vitamin B9, folic acid has many important biological functions. Folic acid deficiency during pregnancy may cause birth defects.
- Phosphorus- About 1% of your body is made up of phosphorus, a mineral that is mainly present in bones. It has numerous functions.
- Vitamin B6- This vitamin may strengthen your immune system and support nerve health. Vitamin B6 deficiency may cause anemia.
- Manganese- This trace mineral is found in the highest amounts in nuts, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
- Vitamin E. Compared to other nuts, Walnuts contain high levels of a special form of vitamin E called gamma-tocopherol.
Other plant compounds:
Walnuts contain a complex mixture of bio-active plant compounds. They’re exceptionally rich in antioxidants, which are concentrated in the brown skin.
In fact, Walnuts are ranked second in the antioxidant content of foods commonly eaten in the world.
Plant compounds in Walnuts include:
- Ellagic acid- This antioxidant is found in high amounts in Walnuts, along with other related compounds like Ellagitannins. Ellagic acid can reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer.
- Catechin- Catechin is a flavonoid antioxidant that can have various health benefits, including promoting heart health.
- Melatonin- This Neurohormone helps regulate your body clock. It’s also a powerful antioxidant that can reduce your risk of heart disease.
- Phytic acid- Phytic acid, or Phytate, is a beneficial antioxidant, though it can reduce the absorption of iron and zinc from the same meal — an effect that’s only of concern for those following imbalanced diets.
