Holiday Ayo - Do you like Cashews? You may often see this food on social media? Cashews are also commonly called cashews or cashews. Cashews are not actually nuts, but the seeds of the cashew fruit. Cashew fruit, also known as cashew, which has the Latin name Anacardium occidentale.

Cashews are usually served as a light snack by frying or roasting. The savory and delicious taste is indeed very suitable to be a friend when relaxing at home.

Besides being served by frying or roasting, cashews are also often used as additional ingredients to make various kinds of cakes. Starting from pastries, sponge cakes, to legit brownies. In these various servings, cashews can provide a savory taste and texture and variety of textures that are crunchy when chewed.

Besides being delicious, it turns out that these nuts have many benefits, here are 5 benefits of cashew nuts cited from Hellosehat.com :

1. Improves heart health

Cashews contain monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The content of both can help you lower bad cholesterol (LDL) and triglycerides in the blood. Relatively low levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and heart attack.

2. Increase bone density

Cashews are one of the few dietary sources that are rich in the mineral copper. In 100 grams of cashews contains 4,700 micrograms of copper.

For adults aged over 19 years, the recommended copper requirement is 900 micrograms per day according to the Minister of Health Regulation No. 28 of 2019. This means that eating a small amount of cashews can meet the daily copper requirement.

3. Help lose weight

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A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that cashews are also beneficial in weight loss. Regularly eating nuts more than twice a week can help maintain a stable weight.

4. Avoid cholecystectomy surgery

Still based on research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, regularly eating nuts is associated with a reduced risk of cholecystectomy surgery.

Cholecystectomy procedure is performed to remove the gallbladder in women who have gallbladder problems, one of which is gallstones.

5. Protects eyes from damage

Most people agree that carrots are rich in vitamin A and beta carotene are the best vegetables for the eyes.