Soaked walnut: Why it is a superfood; know wonderful benefits and right time to eat from experts

Walnuts, the tiny brain-shaped nuts, with wonderful sweet and nutty taste, can add just the right crunch, flavour and texture to your favourite cookie, cake, salad, breakfast cereal or any other delicacy they are added to. Eating just a handful of walnuts can amp up the nutritional value of your meal and also keep you satiated for long hours curbing the mid-meal munchies and helping you maintain a healthy weight. Eating just a handful of walnuts can amp up the nutritional value of your meal and also keep you satiated for long hours Walnut: A superfood "Walnuts are indeed a superfood as they are loaded with carbohydrates, protein, good fat, fibre, vitamins, calcium, iron and potassium. Walnuts can also be added, to protein shakes and smoothies to improve crunch and add good calories," says Dr Jinal Patel, Dietitian, Apollo Spectra Hospital, Mumbai. Shruti Bharadwaj, Senior Clinical Dietician, Narayana Hrudayalaya says soaking walnuts helps improve their digestibility and also remove phytic acid and tannin.