Peanuts: Safeguard the Heart and Support Cognitive Function

Delicious and fun to eat, a handful of peanuts a day can help enhance cognitive function, help slow the aging process, and much more.
Peanuts: Safeguard the Heart and Support Cognitive Function
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Peanuts are a delicious, handy snack, and a handful a day may help to prevent a variety of diseases. Let’s take a look at the nutritional elements of peanuts and their benefits for our bodies.

6 Major Benefits of Peanuts

Peanuts are rich in plant-based proteins, phosphatidylcholine, catechins, and linoleic acid, offering various benefits to the human body. These benefits include:

1. Enhanced Cognitive and Memory Function

Phosphatidylcholine, found in peanuts, plays a crucial role in the central nervous system, enhancing the vitality of brain cells and improving memory, attention, and responsiveness.

The abundance of choline (a component of phosphatidylcholine) in peanuts aids in repairing damaged nerve cells and may improve cognitive function.

Naiwen Hu
Naiwen Hu
Naiwen Hu is a Traditional Chinese Medicine physician at Shanghai Tong Te Tang in Taipei and a former Stanford Research Institute scientist. Hu has treated more than 140,000 patients, taught at an American university, and hosts a popular YouTube health program with 900,000 subscribers, as well as international wellness roadshows.
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