Many people (especially in Africa and Asia) consume groundnuts in many forms. Some eat them raw, steamed or roasted while others crush them and make sauce.

So as to benefit fully from the nutrients, ground nuts should be steamed not roasted or fried. One serving of boiled Ground nuts a day reduces on heart disease and stroke by 50%. This is because the nutrients contain heart-friendly fats that protect the Arteries.

Ground nuts also help to check on dementia (loss of memory), gall stones and macular degeneration. Eating ground nuts also reduces on diabetes and obesity by 25%. Ground nuts contain zero content of cholesterol and less amount of sugars.

Steamed ground nuts are hailed for their anti-oxidants, unsaturated protein and fat content compared to other foods. But over cooking of ground nuts depletes its essential minerals and nutritive elements. Still the fats ang oil in ground nuts is a source of energy, necessary for good health and fitness. And being a leguminous plant, ground nuts have plenty of protein and nitrogen in it too.

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