Many people (especially in Africa and Asia) consume groundnuts in many forms. Some eat them raw, steamed or roasted while others crush them and make sauce.

So as to benefit fully from the nutrients, ground nuts should be steamed not roasted or fried. One serving of boiled Ground nuts a day reduces on heart disease and stroke by 50%. This is because the nutrients contain heart-friendly fats that protect the Arteries.

Ground nuts also help to check on dementia (loss of memory), gall stones and macular degeneration. Eating ground nuts also reduces on diabetes and obesity by 25%. Ground nuts contain zero content of cholesterol and less amount of sugars.

Steamed ground nuts are hailed for their anti-oxidants, unsaturated protein and fat content compared to other foods. But over cooking of ground nuts depletes its essential minerals and nutritive elements. Still the fats ang oil in ground nuts is a source of energy, necessary for good health and fitness. And being a leguminous plant, ground nuts have plenty of protein and nitrogen in it too.

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Eat foods that are rich in magnesium i.e. greens, ground nuts and seeds, and also take omega-fatty acids that are found in fish. Omega fatty acids have a positive effect on the menstrual pains/ cramps. Consult a medical doctor if the pain is intense and is unusually heavy.

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Hundreds of people around the world consume ground nuts prepared or cooked in many forms.

Some people eat ground nuts when they are in raw form, others eat them steamed or roasted but still all consumers get the benefits of ground nuts.

However to benefit fully, ground nuts should be steamed but not roasted or fried. While others crush ground nuts and make sauce, it can reduce heart diseases and stroke by 50g%.

Eating ground nuts helps to check dementia, gall stones, macular degeneration and diabetes. Ground nuts have zero content of cholesterol and less amount of sugar.

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Having a good diet helps us to prevent spinal bifida. This is the most common of a group of birth defects in Uganda and around the world known as neutral tube defects.

Neural tube defects affect the central nervous system that is the brain and spinal cord. The cause of this defect, according to the experts in World Health Organisation (WHO) is lack of enough folic acid during the process of the baby’s development in the womb.

But folic acids can be obtained from locally available foods and  vegetables such as cabbages, soya, mushrooms, ovacado, fresh bananas, ground nuts,  liver, spinach, doddo, pumpkin leaves and fresh vegetables.

According to medical experts 70% of cases of neural tube defects could be prevented by adequate intake of folic acid immediately before and in early pregnancy.

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Consuming overcooked ground nuts is so dangerous for our bodies. Over-cooking of groundnuts depletes the essential minerals and nutritive elements.

The fats and oils in ground nuts are a source of energy necessary for good health and fitness.

The calcium in ground nuts helps to strengthen bones and muscles. The protein in it supplies the body with unsaturated protein and fats which are lacking in animal and processed foods. Eating boiled ground nut will keep one looking younger and healthy. It makes your hair, skin and nails look nice.

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