Despite being called chestnuts, water chestnuts are not nuts at all. They are aquatic tuber vegetables that grow in marshes, ponds, paddy fields and shallow lakes. Water chestnuts are native to Southeast Asia, Southern China, Taiwan, Australia, Africa and many islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans. Water chestnuts are a great source of fiber and provide 12% of the daily fiber recommendation for women and 8% for men. Water chestnuts are especially rich in the antioxidants ferulic acid, gallocatechin gallate, epicatechin gallate and catechin gallate. These are some of the health benefits of water chestnuts. hope you will like the article about health benefits about water chestnuts.
Source : Dawn