Cashew nuts have traveled the globe; native to Brazil but transplanted to India by the Portuguese in the 1560s and eventually imported from India to the United States in 1905.
And cashews, like a lot of nuts, are seen as high-nutrient foods. Cashews are a good source of dietary fiber, protein, iron, potassium, zinc, and polyunsaturated fat, which helps protect against cardiovascular disease.
Plus cashews might help against diabetes too. A new study says an extract from the cashew seed may anti-diabetic properties.
Published in the journal Molecular Nutrition & Food Research scientists conducted in-vitro testing on mouse and rat liver cells, and found cashew seed extract helped boost glucose.
Cashew seed extract contains anacardic acid which stimulates glucose uptake.
Scientists also tried extract from cashew plant leaves, bark, and apples, but these materials did not have an effect on the uptake of glucose.
While it’s too premature to say conclusively, the researchers suggest cashew seed extract could be used as an anti-diabetic nutraceutical.
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