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Boiled nuts help protect against illness (Peanuts)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/26/07 | AP

Posted on 10/26/2007 9:39:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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 Walker, 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," Walker 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 Yvonne Chukwumah and Martha Verghese, as well as University of Alabama in Huntsville researcher Bernhard Vogler.

Walker 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 Walker, 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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KEYWORDS: boiled; boiledpeanuts; illness; nutrition; nuts; peanuts; protect
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1 posted on 10/26/2007 9:39:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

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2 posted on 10/26/2007 9:43:55 PM PDT by doc1019 (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: NormsRevenge
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3 posted on 10/26/2007 9:44:39 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Mother of the Bride here, treat me with respect for once, will ya? ;))
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To: NormsRevenge

Boiled nuts are the most disgusting thing I’ve eaten. I was in MS several years back and somebody got me to try them. I had to spit them out they were so gross.


4 posted on 10/26/2007 9:45:53 PM PDT by beandog (If exercise is so good for you, why does every bone in my body hurt)
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To: NormsRevenge
Sure glad I read the whole article before getting out the sauce pan.
5 posted on 10/26/2007 9:46:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: NormsRevenge

Boiled Peanuts - the official state snack of South Carolina.


6 posted on 10/26/2007 9:47:35 PM PDT by Between the Lines (I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
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To: beandog

Mushy or whta? Maybe microwaving a chunky peanut butter sandwich real good and then adding some jelly to it will work instead.. I’ll try an experiment or two.. ;-)


7 posted on 10/26/2007 9:47:39 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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Boiled peanuts - yummy!

Or should I say "bld peenutzz"

Not bad, for a Yankee!

8 posted on 10/26/2007 9:48:36 PM PDT by ImProudToBeAnAmerican (Tom Daschle is deeply saddened... Remember him? Bahahahahahahahahaha!)
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To: BenLurkin

I’s a good thing I added (Peanuts) at the end of the title or this thread would already be yanked. I like cashew chicken, why not sauteed peanuts instead.


9 posted on 10/26/2007 9:49:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: Between the Lines

I don’ think I ever tried them, official state snack, eh?


10 posted on 10/26/2007 9:49:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: doc1019

Worked for Lillian too,
Billy should have had more peanuts, less beer.


11 posted on 10/26/2007 9:51:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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Y'all know why they spell Alabama the way they do?

So the locals can spell it..

Ahhhh A,
Ahhhh B,
Ahhhh A,
Ahhhh L?
Ahhhh...
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12 posted on 10/26/2007 9:52:18 PM PDT by ImProudToBeAnAmerican (Tom Daschle is deeply saddened... Remember him? Bahahahahahahahahaha!)
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To: NormsRevenge

We frequently use a scoop of peanuts when stir-fying in the wok. They add a pleasant crunch to the meal.


13 posted on 10/26/2007 9:53:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Sorry, but if I have to get my nuts boiled to stay well, I’d just as soon get sick, thanks.


14 posted on 10/26/2007 9:54:13 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich!)
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To: NormsRevenge

How I love boiled peanuts. I would never attempt to prepare my own, though. I use to have cans shipped up from Albany, GA, along with White Acre Peas. Yum yum.


15 posted on 10/26/2007 9:54:20 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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You can order them online from the Lee Brothers in Charleston ~ www.boiledpeanuts.com

Might as well order their cookbook too - even if you're not a cook.

16 posted on 10/26/2007 9:54:29 PM PDT by ImProudToBeAnAmerican (Tom Daschle is deeply saddened... Remember him? Bahahahahahahahahaha!)
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To: beandog
Boiled nuts are the most disgusting thing I’ve eaten.

What are they like?

17 posted on 10/26/2007 9:55:18 PM PDT by Age of Reason
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To: BenLurkin

Our local wok house probably has them on the menu or in some dishes, I’ll have to check next time.


18 posted on 10/26/2007 9:55:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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wow, this sounds seriously addictive... for some. I like peanut brittle ,, oh man, I wonder if they have boiled peanut brittle. antioxidants are good , no matter how or where ya get them.


19 posted on 10/26/2007 9:58:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: ImProudToBeAnAmerican

Thanks for the web site on where to buy boiled peanuts. They are not sold in New Jersey where I am. Garden Staters don’t know what they’re missing!


20 posted on 10/26/2007 9:59:22 PM PDT by plan2succeed.org (www.SafeLibraries.org)
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