When you are looking for a crunchy snack, cashews almost always work as a good option. Cashews are native to South America and the Caribbean, but can be enjoyed worldwide as a healthy snack. Eating cashews not only helps with hunger, but they can also help improve your health.
Many people who want a healthier diet choose herbal products, and cashews are becoming increasingly popular as a vegan alternative to many dairy products. These nuts can be made into milk, cream cheese, cream, butter and they can even be made into cashew butter and raspberry smoothie. (Related: 11 misconceptions about plant-based foods that you should not believe)
In addition to all this, cashews have several health benefits attached to them, including a great effect, which regularly Eating heart-healthy nuts like cashews can lead to lower blood pressure.
Valentina Duong, RD, recommends that you eat a handful of cashews most days to see the most heart-friendly benefits that will lead to lowered blood pressure.
“Cashews have been linked to improved triglyceride levels and reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure,” says Duong. “This has a meaningful effect on the risk of heart disease. Therefore, you can choose to include cashews in your diet regularly to protect your heart in the long run.”
Low blood pressure and consumption of cashews are also linked to a study from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The study says that heart problems, including blood pressure, can be controlled through dietary adjustments, including making changes such as consuming more raw cashews. The study says that incorporating cashews into your diet can “improve TG levels as well as systolic and diastolic blood pressure without any significant effects on other cardiometabolic factors.”
Although cashews themselves are healthy and have been shown to contribute to lower blood pressure, they can also have the opposite effect, high blood pressure, depending on how you consume them. Many stores have pre-packaged cashews that come salted and a study from Cleveland Clinic coupled consuming foods with excess salt to high blood pressure, because the sodium from the salt contains extra water, which can lead to more stress being put on your heart and blood vessels, according to the study.
When buying pre-packaged containers of cashew nuts, be sure to check the salt content to ensure that you are not consuming anything that could put your blood pressure at risk.
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