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Health issues we could get when we consume walnuts

Posted on: 18/Feb/2019 10:20:13 AM
We often get carried away by the health benefits of consuming walnuts as intake of walnuts provide us many health benefits like reducing inflammation, providing healthy gut, reducing cancer risk, manages type-2 diabetes etc. It is known that walnut is a nut belonging to any tree of the genus Juglans and they are rich in proteins and essential fatty acids. Hence intake of walnuts is good for our health. There are 2 major species of walnuts like black or English or Persian walnut and black walnut and these walnuts are grown for their seeds. Many of us do not know that intake of walnuts could also lead to many health issues in us.

These are the various health issues caused by intake of walnuts.

Increase in weight:

This is one important health issue we could get when we consume walnuts. The presence of high energy in walnuts is responsible for this weight gain.

Rashes and swellings:

There are many people who get allergies like rashes, swellings etc when they consume walnuts. So please be careful and avoid eating walnuts. It is said that when a person gets allergy on consuming walnuts then he/she must consult a doctor immediately.

Diarrhoea:

Many types of digestive complications arise when a person consumes walnuts. Diarrhoea is one such that we could get by eating walnuts.

Lip cancer:

It is shocking to note that walnut when applied on the skin on daily basis could result in skin cancer. This is due to the presence of chemical called jugione in walnuts. The point here is this could occur only when walnuts is used for longer time period.

Asthma attacks:

Asthma issue could be due to many causes and one such cause is because of intake of walnuts also. The truth is people who are more sensitive to walnuts are more prone to asthma attacks. So be careful.