May reduce inflammation

Brazil nuts are high in antioxidants, which are compounds that assist your cells to stay healthy. They accomplish this by battling the damage caused by reactive molecules known as free radicals. Brazil nuts are high in antioxidants such as selenium, vitamin E, and phenols such as gallic acid and ellagic acid. Selenium raises levels of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), an enzyme that helps reduce inflammation and protects your body from oxidative stress, which is an imbalance between antioxidants and free radicals that can cause cellular damage. Brazilian nuts have anti-inflammatory properties in single, big doses as well as modest amounts over time.

A single 20- or 50-gram serving (4 or 10 nuts, respectively) dramatically lowered a variety of inflammatory indicators, including interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, according to one research of ten persons (TNF-alpha). Another three-month research provided participants with kidney failure with one brazil nut each day. It discovered that their selenium and GPx levels had increased, while their inflammatory indicators and cholesterol levels had fallen dramatically. However, follow-up research found that after patients quit consuming Brazil nuts, these parameters returned to normal. This suggests that to obtain the benefits of Brazil nuts, long-term dietary adjustments are required.