Walnuts 101: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits
With a moniker like ‘Jupiter’s royal acorn’, one can only imagine how celebrated walnuts have been in the history of food. It is believed that walnuts originated in Persia and were brought to Asia and Europe through trade. Later, they travelled through Spanish missionaries to California and became a staple crop that was grown in the region for centuries. Today, China is the top producer of walnuts along with the US. In India, it’s grown in multiple states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh.