Sail into âPortâ. An im port ant and widely used Latin root word is port, which means âcarry.â. Humans âcarryâ things from one place to another all the time. Port ly humans, for instance, âcarryâ a lot of body weight. When one nation im port s goods from another nation, it âcarriesâ them into its own territory.
1 Plant sterols. 2  Some nuts contain plant sterols, a substance that can help lower your cholesterol. 3  Plant sterols are often added to products like margarine and orange juice for additional health benefits, but sterols occur naturally in nuts.4  L-arginine.ating nuts helps your heart. Discover how walnuts, almonds and other nuts help lower your cholesterol when eaten as part of a balanced diet. Heart-Healthy Living Subscribe to our Heart-Healthy Living e-newsletter to stay up to date on heart-health topics.
Monounsaturated fats have the additional benefit of raising high-density lipoprotein, the 'good cholesterol' in our blood. Nuts and seeds are rich in protein and dietary fibre, and also one of the best natural sources of anti-oxidant vitamin E, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, potassium, selenium and folic acid. So there's a huge amount of goodness in a tiny and tasty package.