Boiled nuts help protect against illness

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - For lovers of boiled peanuts, there's some good

news from the health front. A new study by a group of Huntsville

researchers found that boiled peanuts bring out up to four times more

chemicals that help protect against disease than raw, dry or oil-

roasted nuts.

Lloyd , chair of Alabama A & M University's Department of Food

and Animal Sciences who co-authored the study, said these

phytochemicals have antioxidant qualities that protect cells against

the risk of degenerative diseases, including cancers, diabetes and

heart disease.

" Boiling is a better method of preparing peanuts in order to preserve

these phytochemicals, " said.

The study will appear in Wednesday's edition of the American Chemical

Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The other co-

authors in the study are A & M researchers Chukwumah and Martha

Verghese, as well as University of Alabama in Huntsville researcher

Bernhard Vogler.

said peanuts and other plants use phytochemicals for things

such as helping avoid disease and insect attacks.

" These things are not nutrients; at the same time they have health

benefits to humans, " he told The Birmingham News. " The trick is to

keep those health benefits, not to process them out of the foods. "

According to , water and heat penetrate the nuts, releasing

beneficial chemicals to a certain point. Overcooking the nuts

destroys the useful elements.

Alabama is third in the nation in the amount of peanuts produced with

a crop valued at more than $67 million last year.

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Mystic, do you have the URL for this article? I really appreciate knowing where to find the information. Blessings, Joy

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Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:39 PM

Subject: [ ] Boiled nuts help protect against illness

I saw this at news and I wanted to share this with the groupBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - For lovers of boiled peanuts, there's some good news from the health front. A new study by a group of Huntsville researchers found that boiled peanuts bring out up to four times more chemicals that help protect against disease than raw, dry or oil-roasted nuts. Lloyd , chair of Alabama A & M University's Department of Food and Animal Sciences who co-authored the study, said these phytochemicals have antioxidant qualities that protect cells against the risk of degenerative diseases, including cancers, diabetes and heart disease."Boiling is a better method of preparing peanuts in order to preserve these phytochemicals," said.The study will appear in Wednesday's edition of the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The other co-authors in the study are A & M researchers Chukwumah and Martha Verghese, as well as University of Alabama in Huntsville researcher Bernhard Vogler. said peanuts and other plants use phytochemicals for things such as helping avoid disease and insect attacks."These things are not nutrients; at the same time they have health benefits to humans," he told The Birmingham News. "The trick is to keep those health benefits, not to process them out of the foods."According to , water and heat penetrate the nuts, releasing beneficial chemicals to a certain point. Overcooking the nuts destroys the useful elements.Alabama is third in the nation in the amount of peanuts produced with a crop valued at more than $67 million last year.

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> Mystic, do you have the URL for this article? I really appreciate

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