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Mothers in India are the custodians of family health and play a critical role in maintaining the overall well-being of the family members. This Mother’s Day, let’s salute our mothers and help towards building their health!

For every mother, be it a working or a stay-at-home, there’s an endless list of commitments. While balancing motherhood, household duties, work life, and social commitments, her own health takes a backseat. With the hectic lifestyles that our mothers follow, mothers’ own health often takes a backseat. Making small yet impactful changes in our mother’s diets can go a long way in building their overall health. Adding a handful of almonds to the diet is a good way to start, as they not only serve as a nutritious snack but have also been shown to impart a number of health benefits such as weight management, heart health, skin health, and diabetes.

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Fitness enthusiast and Supermodel Milind Soman, while reminiscing his childhood days says, " While I was growing up, my mother ensured I began my day on a healthy note by adding almonds to my breakfast. Now she is 81, and she still makes sure I get my almonds in the morning, and she gets hers too!”

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“I rely on almonds as they are a source of 15 nutrients such as vitamin E, magnesium, protein, riboflavin, zinc, etc.” says Bollywood Actress Soha Ali Khan, “ Since I travel frequently for shoots and other engagements, I ensure keeping a handful of almonds with me so that I always have a healthy snack handy.”

Even various wellness expert emphasizes on almond’s nutritious value. Sheela Krishnaswamy, Nutrition and Wellness Consultant advises to reduce the intake of saturated fats and replacing them with foods that are rich in monounsaturated fats like almonds. They are loaded with nutrients and are also a rich source of protein.

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Madhuri Ruia, Pilates Expert, and Diet & Nutrition Consultant conveys that the most convenient yet healthy thing that every mom can do is to add almonds to her daily diet, “Research shows that almonds can help in maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, may improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes and help lower the blood sugar impact of carbohydrate foods, which affects fasting insulin levels.”

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Adding to this, Ritika Samaddar, Regional Head – Dietetics, Max Healthcare – Delhi, said “Ignorance and lack of self-care can lead to larger health issues like diabetes or heart disease in the long run. Therefore, mothers need to be cognizant of their lifestyles and health. According to a large body of scientific evidence, almonds can be beneficial in helping to manage heart disease risk factors. A recent study also highlighted that the inclusion of 45 gms of almonds as part of a healthy diet may help in reducing dyslipidemia, a condition marked by high LDL-cholesterol and triglyceride levels and low HDL cholesterol levels, which is known to be one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among Indians .”

This year, let’s mark our mothers’ special day by pledging to improve their diet and health. It is only when the mothers in the family are healthy, will the family be healthy!

Almonds from California are a natural, wholesome and quality food. The Almond Board of California promotes almonds through its research-based approach to all aspects of marketing, farming, and production on behalf of the more than 7,600 almond growers and processors in California, many of which are multi-generational family operations. Established in 1950 and based in Modesto, California, the Almond Board of California is a non-profit organization that administers a grower-enacted Federal Marketing Order under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture. For more information on the Almond Board of California or almonds, visit www.almonds.in