A great tip to know.
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world and the second in France after cancer. To prevent them, you have to take care of your arteries. Healthy arteries should be flexible and of normal thickness. A young artery is a flexible artery. The thicker the wall of the arteries, the stiffer they are. “If they are flexible, they will be less likely to become blocked, inflamed and cause a clot” explains Dr. Dave Morris from Magnolia Medical Center in Tennessee (USA) in a video. “There is something you can do very simply to improve the stiffness of the arteries, and that is to eat nuts,” he continues.
Walnuts are indeed generally recommended for cardiovascular health, several studies have demonstrated these benefits. But we do not always know the origin of this benefit. According to Dr. Morris, this is because they contain arginine. “Your body produces nitric oxide from arginine and you “You need nitric oxide to keep the walls of your vessels and arteries supple and healthy.”
In addition to their arginine content, nuts are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and omega 9, nutrients with protective effects on cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand “There is phytic acid in nuts, particularly walnuts. This acid must be reduced so that arginine is more absorbable by the body” continues the expert. He has a trick for this that few people know: soak nuts in water for 8 to 10 hours before eating them. This would also make them more digestible.
Finally, the doctor advises eating a little nuts every day, the equivalent of half a cup or “12 to 14 walnut halves” (5 to 7 whole nuts).