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  Cashews are high in calories. **0 g of nuts provide **3 calories. They are packed with soluble dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals and numerous health-promoting phyto-chemicals that help protect from diseases and cancers.

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  They are rich in heart-friendly monounsaturated-fatty acids like oleic, and palmitoleic acids. These essential fatty acids help lower harmful LDL-cholesterol while increasing good HDL cholesterol in the blood. Research studies suggest that Mediterranean diet which is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids help to prevent coronary artery disease and strokes by favoring healthy blood lipid profile.

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  Cashew nuts are abundant sources of essential minerals. Minerals, especially manganese, potassium, copper, iron, magnesium, zinc, and selenium are concentrated in these nuts. A handful of cashew nuts a day in the diet would provide enough of these minerals and may help prevent deficiency diseases. Selenium is an important micronutrient, which functions as a co-factor for antioxidant enzymes such as Glutathione peroxidases, one of the most powerful antioxidants in the body. Copper is a cofactor for many vital enzymes, including cytochrome c-oxidase and superoxide dismutase (other minerals function as co-factors for this enzyme are manganese and zinc). Zinc is a co-factor for many enzymes that regulate growth and development, gonadal function, digestion, and DNA (nucleic acid) synthesis.

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  Cashews are also good in many essential vitamins such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pyridoxine (vitamin B*6), riboflavin, and thiamin (vitamin B*1). **0 g nuts provide 0.**7 mg or *2% of daily-recommended levels of pyridoxine. Pyridoxine reduces the risk of homocystinuria, and sideroblastic anemia. Niacin helps prevent "pellagra" or dermatitis. Additionally, these vitamins are essential for metabolism of protein, fat, and carbohydrates at the cellular level.

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  Further, the nuts are also hold a small amount of zea-xanthin, an important pigment flavonoid antioxidant, which selectively absorbed into the retinal macula lutea in the eyes. It is thought to provide antioxidant and protective UV ray filtering functions and helps prevent age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) in the elderly.
   

  COMMODITY	Cashew Nuts
  ORIGIN	CÔTE DIVOIRE (Ivory Coast)
  GRADE	High Quality
  SPECIFICATIONS (Standard)	Outturn *6 & *8
  BEANS COUNT	******0kg
  MOISTURE	*0% max
  DEFECTED NUTS	*0% max
  HUMIDITY	*0%
  PACKAGING	NEW JUTE BAGS OF **0 KGS
  DELIVERY TIME	As per Customer Desire
  SHIPMENT	in *0ft Containers
  WEIGHT	Net landed weight and quality at arrival is final
  LOADING PORT	ABIDJAN / SAN-PEDRO
  FOREIGN MATTER	0.*5% max