Brazil nut is a fruit of a tree called Bertholletia excelsa, which grows in South America, mainly in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. This type of nut provides several health benefits, such as lowering cholesterol, improving the immune system, helping to reduce high blood pressure, regulating the thyroid and preventing certain types of cancer.

The benefits of Brazil nuts are due to the fact that they are rich in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds, as well as being rich in proteins, fiber, selenium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc and vitamins B and E complex, being a very complete fruit nutritionally that provides a lot of energy for the body.