Why Peanuts Are Your Best Winter Companion

 Come winter season and the crunchy and delicious peanuts become one of your favourite companions. A handful of roasted peanut becomes your go-to snack, poha-moongfali your favourite breakfast, and peanut chikki is enjoyed by many to satiate post-meal sugar cravings. No wonder among the many things that are synonymous with winters, moongfali or peanut features on the top of this list.

In winter season peanuts not only taste better but also provide the much-needed nutrition. They are loaded with proteins, healthy fats, rich in micro and macro-nutrients and prevent us from several diseases.

Also unlike the expensive nuts like almonds, walnuts and cashews, peanut is quite affordable and its benefits should not be underestimated.

"Many people believe the peanut is not as nutritionally valuable as true nuts like almonds, walnuts, or cashews. But actually, peanuts have many of the same health benefits as the more expensive nuts and should not be overlooked as a nutritious food," wrote a dietician in her latest Instagram post on benefits of peanuts.

"Peanuts are rich in various micro and macronutrients that are required by our body. Also, peanuts are highly affordable," she adds.

Other benefits of peanuts

Peanuts help in preventing heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels. They are also known to stop small blood clots from forming and thus, reducing your chances of stroke.

Despite being high in fat and calories, they do not contribute to weight gain. In fact, having them helps you maintain a healthy weight and reduce your risk of obesity.

"Peanuts are rich in antioxidants like isoflavones, resveratrol and phytic acids. They are also an important source of vitamins and minerals including biotin, copper, niacin, folate, manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin E and thiamine," a dietician told in an earlier interview.

 

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Eating Without Gaining Weight Might Now Be Possible!

There will be many like me, foodies, who love to eat their heart's content and still not gain a pound. Some may say, wishful thinking, why not? as soon, it may happen, thanks to genetic studies that are happening all over the world. Soon, we’ll be able to find out. Researchers  have identified a gene called RCANI, the inhibition of which could allow a person to eat as much as they want without getting fat.

The research reports, was based on the understanding that increasing non‐shivering thermogenesis (NST), which expends calories as heat rather than storing them as fat, is a well-championed way to combat obesity and metabolic disease. However, certain innate mechanisms constrain the capacity for NST. Regulator of Calcineurin 1 (RCAN1), one such gene, suppresses two distinctly different mechanisms of non‐shivering thermogenesis (NST).

After conducting the study on mice, the researchers found: Mice deficient for RCAN1 have an elevated metabolic rate and are resistant to diet‐induced obesity.

It is hoped that inhibiting this gene in humans could lead to similar results and help tackle obesity.
As reported , a Prof. who led the study explained that they looked at a variety of different diets with various time spans from eight weeks to almost six months, and observed health improvements in all cases where there was an absence of the RCAN1 gene.

We know a lot of people struggle to lose weight or even control their weight for a number of different reasons. The findings in this study could mean developing a pill which would target the function of RCAN1 and may result in weight loss.

Inhibiting the gene could convert white fat to healthier brown fat in humans, eradicating many health problems in them.

"In light of our results, the drugs we are developing to target RCAN1 would burn more calories while people are resting. It means the body would store less fat without the need for a person to reduce food consumption or exercise more," the Prof. added.

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