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Mihir Gupta, June 6, 2025

The religion of peanut oil is similar to olive oil. Olive oil is very expensive to get. Therefore, in its place groundnut oil can be used. A handful of roasted peanuts is beneficial in terms of nutrients.
Peanuts are rich in protein, calories, and K, E, B vitamins. They provide good nutrition. Protein, fat, and sugar are found in peanuts.
One kilogram of roasted peanuts contains the energy equivalent of two gallons of milk and three dozen eggs.
The amount of protein and heat in peanuts equal to the value of an egg is not as much as milk and egg combined. Its protein is similar to that of milk, its smoothness is similar to that of ghee.
Milk, almonds, and ghee are fulfilled by eating peanuts. Peanuts generate heat in the body, so it is more beneficial in the winter season. It strengthens the lungs. Eating peanuts regularly in small amounts increases obesity.
It should be eaten daily by putting it with food, such as vegetables, kheer, khichdi, etc.
Due to the presence of oil in peanuts, it destroys air diseases. It enhances digestion power and is tasty but also harmful for hot-natured people. Eating more peanuts also increases bile.

Tuberculosis (TB)-The chemical arginine is found in abundance in peanuts, which can be successful in curing tuberculosis. It can help increase the level of nitric oxide in the body. Nitric oxide strengthens the body’s immune system.
Peanuts also contain other nutritious elements such as fat. The patients were given capsules containing arginine along with other medications for four weeks. Patients who were given arginine showed greater benefit from the treatment.

Rapid improvement in symptoms such as severe cough was observed. The sputum test also showed a decrease in the level of TB bacteria. Experts believe that with the help of arginine therapy, the healing time of TB can be reduced. Experts have said that where arginine is not easily or cheaply available in the form of medicine, its work can be taken from peanuts.
TB Patients should eat peanuts regularly.

Pregnancy-
Eating sixty grams of peanuts daily during pregnancy is beneficial in the progress of the fetus. Make a powder by grinding roasted peanuts. During pregnancy, adding three spoons of powder to a glass of warm milk and drinking it once daily will lead to the birth of a healthy baby.
Go on eating roasted peanuts and drink two sips of milk. This method will also have similar benefits.

Milk growth-
By eating raw peanuts regularly, the milk of lactating mothers increases. Regularly eating freshly roasted peanuts also increase the milk of mothers.

Skin softness-
Massaging peanut oil during winters and eating peanuts keeps the skin soft. Hands and feet do not get dry.

Dryness-
Dryness comes to the skin in winter. Massage by mixing a little peanut oil, milk, and rose water. Take a bath after twenty minutes. This will cure the dryness of the skin.

Lips-
Before taking a bath, take a quarter teaspoon of groundnut oil in the palm, rub it in the palm with a finger and then massage this oil on the lips. It is beneficial for the lips.

Fat loss-
Some experts say that if little roasted peanuts are taken with tea or coffee without sugar, shortly before the meal, then the appetite is satisfied quickly and the person eats less food. In this way, the body weight gradually starts decreasing.

Heart-Vitamin ‘B’ is found in abundance in peanuts. It is said to be the storehouse of calories required by the body. The specialty is that it does not contain a substance called cholesterol that harms the heart. It contains Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFAs) which reduce the risk of heart disease.

Fat loss-
Some experts say that if little roasted peanuts are taken with tea or coffee without sugar, shortly before the meal, then the appetite is satisfied quickly and the person eats less food. In this way, the body weight gradually starts decreasing.

Refined peanut oil is also printed on the box, reducing the risk of heart disease. If you eat peanuts in small quantities, there will be no side effects, but eating more can cause harm. Heart patients should eat peanuts at least. Eating excessive peanuts can be harmful to the heart.

Groundnut oil-
Groundnut oil would be very beneficial for heart patients. It does not allow the
amount of cholesterol in the blood to increase. Groundnut oil is nutritious and also beneficial for
health. It is easily digested. There is such a sufficient amount of protein in it that there is no need to take any other thing for protein.

Groundnut oil is also beneficial in the pain of hands, feet, and joints. Massaging the body with groundnut oil strengthens the nerves and provides relief from pain. Massaging with lukewarm groundnut oil cures skin diseases like ringworm, scabies, itching, etc.

Authors

  • Mihir Gupta

    Do you know a punjabi who is not a foodie... well I would call
    Myself a health aficionado . Food has an enthusiastic effect on me . Being the younger sibling with various health conditions, I was nurtured in an environment of overprotectiveness. Their concern was rooted in my lower immunity and frequent illnesses and my mother always emphasized a healthy diet, instilling in me the belief that "you are what you eat”.
    This belief was put to the test when I was the only one in my family to contract COVID-19. The isolation was challenging but became a pivotal moment for self-care and introspection. During this period, I leaned heavily on the wisdom imparted by my mother, who shared recipes for nutritious green juices and herbal teas, all sourced from our kitchen garden. I meticulously journaled this experience, recording each meal and its impact on my health.

  • Breathing is not always automatic. I learnt that the hard way.
    Even now, I can recall the harrowing memory from when I was 4: 3 AM, my chest tightening faster than I could explain. My parents rushing to find the nebuliser.
    For most kids, a medicine cabinet is usually a background object. Not for me, though. Ours had a schedule. Steroids. Inhalers. Steam. Nebulisers.
    My missed school days were no longer measured by absences, but by how long it took for my lungs to recuperate. This illness exiled me from the very body my childhood self had once taken for granted.
    But alongside the treatment, I began to notice smaller rituals. Rituals that made the illness feel a little less consuming. The nushkas (home remedies) were endless: adrak wali chai, honey stirred into turmeric or the steam inhalation my mom transformed into a myriad of herbs. My mother never called it nutritional science, but she knew what to make and when.
    When “healthy food” came to my mind, I pictured imported products, expensive superfoods and products in a vocabulary my childhood self could not decode.
    But I looked at my own kitchen.
    Lentils simmering, ginger crushing, yoghurt culturing. Ingredients so familiar, yet so valuable. The more I googled, the more I realised health shouldn’t be hidden behind imported deliveries. Sometimes, it can begin with what’s already waiting on the kitchen counter.
    This realisation became the foundation of Food Thy Medicine for me.
    I met my co- founder in the waiting room of a pulmonologist's clinic, where our shared routines of inhalers and nebulisers made the idea feel less like a project but a conversation we had to continue. Thus, I began contributing to this project during the summers after Grades 9 and 10. What began as an interest in food and health became deeply personal: a way to turn years of dependence on doctors, prescriptions and steroids into a desire to understand the body better. As a co-author, I helped build a platform that makes nutrition information practical, not glamorous.
    The research for my AI ensured isn’t built for a perfect kitchen, rather the half- empty fridge, rushed day and leftovers that people ask “What can we do with this?” It turns familiar ingredients into realistic meal ideas and our research explains what those ingredients contribute nutritionally.
    The point was never to make food mythical but to make useful information feel less daunting and more reliable. It does not replace doctors or medicine: and it shouldn’t. I still take my prescribed medicine. I still live with asthma. But the illness taught me that care doesn’t begin and end at a clinic door and may be found in the ordinary decisions at home. What we cook, what we keep in the fridge and how we care for ourselves between appointments.
    I can’t control every flare up. But I can keep asking better questions, and help more people see possibility in the food around them.
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