HEALTH Benefits of Walnuts

Walnuts are high in antioxidants that can help fight oxidative damage in your body. Moreover, they are an excellent source of omega-3 fat, which may help reduce heart disease risk.

Walnuts may help decrease inflammation; inflammation is at the root of many diseases, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes.

Eating walnuts are also great for your gut and may help reduce disease risk.

Walnuts may even help protect your brain from damaging inflammation and support good brain function as you age. Walnuts look like brains don’t they?!

Walnuts can be used in all kind of sweets and savoury dishes to add texture and crunch to dishes. There are some ways to get more walnuts into the diet:

  • Top yogurt with chopped walnuts and fruit

  • Top salads with chopped walnuts

  • Include in your baking

Recipe : Date Walnut Cake

Ingredients 

·        900g (2 lb) dates, pitted and chopped

·        900g (2 lb) walnuts, coarsely chopped

·        200g (7 oz) caster sugar

·        1 tablespoon baking powder

·        150g (5 oz) plain flour

·        4 egg yolks

·        4 egg whites

 Method
Prep: 30min  ›  Cook: 1hr 30min  ›  Ready in: 2hr 

1.      Preheat the oven to 150 C / Gas mark 2. Grease and flour a 25 cm (10 in) tube cake tin.

2.      In a large bowl, combine dates, walnuts, sugar, baking powder and flour. Stir in egg yolks. In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold the whites into the fruit/nut mixture until no streaks remain. Spoon into prepared tin.

3.      Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes. Let cool in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely

 Resource: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/benefits-of-walnuts

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