Almond is good for health - just 14 grams a day can keep doctors at bay

Almond is good for health and an intake of a moderate amount of almonds daily can enrich the diets of adults and young children and keep the doctors away. This has been established through a study in the University of Florida in the US. As a researcher Alyssa Burns says - 'almonds are a good source of plant protein -- essential fatty acids, vitamin E and magnesium.'
The study was carried out over a 14-week period when the scientists gave almonds daily to 29 pairs of parents and children. Most of the adults were mothers with an average age of 35 and the children were between three and six years of age.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 21 December 2015.

The children were given 14 grams of almond butter daily and parents were given 14 grams of whole almonds per day. Then an online dietary recall was used to find out what adults had eaten and how much. That way, researchers could measure diet quality.
The findings of the scientists indicated that when parents and children were eating almonds, their Healthy Eating Index HEI increased for total protein foods, seafood and plant proteins and fatty acids, while they ate fewer empty calories. For all components, a higher score indicates higher diet quality. When parents and children ate almonds, their HEI score increased from 53.7 to 61.4.
Parents and children had consumed more vitamin E and magnesium when eating almonds.

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