BENEFITS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF ALMONDS

Almond or badam as we call it in India, they are available with both shelled and unshelled forms. This can give you the great skin, a healthy digestive system and normal cholesterol levels.

1. Almonds for healthy skin: Almonds are rich with antioxidants which protect your skin by eliminating toxins and free radicals from the body. Apart from eating, crush 4 to 5 almonds to make a powder and mix it with 1 teaspoon of milk some lemon juice and gram flour. Then apply this mixture on your face and wash off after 30 minutes for fairer complexion. It also reduces tanning, ageing effects, dark circles, etc.

2. Normally, everyone knows the unsalted natural almonds are a tasty and nutritious one with enormous health benefits. Just a handful of nutrient rich almonds help to promote heart health and fight against the diseases like diabetes and Alzheimer’s.

3. Almonds are rich with vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, and potassium with also a plenty sources of protein and fibre. Taking of 23 almonds per day is an easy way to incorporate many crucial nutrients into your diet.

4. Being rich with fibre, almonds help in improves the digestive health and it also a good sources of energy.

5. Almonds are rich in potassium and low in sodium hence aid in blood pressure regulation.

6. Certain fatty acids in the almonds are more beneficial for overall health. It helps in lowering the level of bad LDL.

7. Almonds are more beneficial one for pregnant women because it contains folic acid, which prevent birth defects in new born babies as well as enables healthy cell growth and tissue formation.

8. Being a great source of alkali materials, hence almonds improve the immune system of your body.

9. Researchers suggest that consumption of almonds can reduce the risk of colon cancer.

NUTRITIONAL REPORT: Raw 1 cup of raw Almonds (143 grams)

Water – 6.31 gms	Energy – 828 kcal
Protein – 30.24 gms	Total lipid (fat) – 71.40 gms
Carbohydrate- 30.82 gms	Fibre -  17.9 gms
Sugars – 6.01 gms	Cholesterol – 0 gms
Calcium – 385 mg	Iron- 5.31 mg
Magnesium- 386 mg	Phosphorous – 688 mg
Potassium – 1048 mg	Sodium – 1 mg
Zinc- 4.46 mg	Vitamin C – 0 mg
Thiamin- 0.293 mg	Riboflavin – 1.627 mg
Niacin – 5.174 mg	Vitamin B6 – 0.196mg
Folate- 63 micro gms	Vitamin B12- 0 micro gms
Vitamin A – 0 micro gms	Vitamin E– 36.65 mg

DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF ALMONDS:

Almonds of large quantity can increase your weight, because these are rich with calories and fat i.e.) 163 calories and 14 g of fat per ounce.so, it is recommended to take about 1 ounce per day. The fat in almonds is primarily good for your health; eating 0f 3 oz. of almonds added 42g of fat into your diet.

Almonds are quite rich with manganese. Each 1oz provides 0.6mg of manganese. This is quite normal upto certain circumstances. If you take more quantity of almonds, high amount of manganese can interfere with some antipsychotic drugs, antacids, blood pressure medications and also certain antibodies.

  

We already have known that the almonds are rich with Vitamin E, Which can give you the amount of 7.4 mg per ounce. This is equal to the half of the quantity that you are need for a day. If you take too much of almonds along with the vitamin E rich foods such as spinach, eggs etc. can lead to a situation called lethargy, blurred vision, headaches, diarrhoea etc.

Too many almonds can cause constipation and abdominal bloating when your body cant able to processing large fibre, because each ounce of almonds contain 3.5 g of fibre. Drinking of water along with lot of almonds will help your body handle the intake of fibre.