The benefits and advantages of nuts
As well as tasting delicious, fresh or dried walnuts are good for your health.
Walnuts, rich in vitamins and unsaturated fatty acids
25g of walnuts from the Périgord provide over 15% of your daily vitamin E requirements. The intake of B vitamins is also important, as are magnesium, potassium, iron and copper.
Above all, walnuts are rich in fatty acids that are highly beneficial to the body, with the famous Omega 3s at the top of the list, as well as Omega 6s, etc. These fatty acids are unsaturated, which makes walnuts and walnut oil an alternative to the saturated "bad fats" found in animal fats and dairy products...
Be careful, though, walnuts are a rich product and should be eaten in moderate quantities to avoid undoing their benefits.
How should walnuts be eaten?
To ensure a balanced daily intake, a daily consumption of 30 g of walnuts (i.e. 3 to 5 walnuts) is good exercise...
In terms of healthy eating, it's advisable to follow three principles:
- variety and balance in food intake
- moderation in the quantities eaten,
- limit the proportion of meat products,
Walnuts (and nuts in general) fit in perfectly with this advice for diversifying your diet.
What type of nuts should I choose?
For overall well-being (respecting the natural environment) and better health (limiting traces of pesticide or insecticide in the body), you need to turn to products from Organic Farming or highly reasoned crops. From this point of view, the nuciculture sector can offer advantages because it uses few inputs.
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