PROVEN HEALTH BENEFITS OF NUTS - BRAZIL NUTS DESCRIPTION COMMON NAMES REPRODUTION TAXONOMY DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT ECOLOGY PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF HARVESTING TOXICITY USES - NUTRITIONS - OIL- WOOD -OTHER USES HEALTHY BENEFITS - NUTRITION BOOST -SELENIYUM SOURCE -TYROID SUPPORT-THYROID DISORDER MANGEMENT- INFLAMMATION REDUCTION -HEART HEALTH -BRAIN HEALTH Description Brazil nut ( Bertholletia excelsa ) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae , and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds . [ 2 ] It is one of the largest and longest-lived trees in the Amazon rainforest . The fruit and its nutshell – containing the edible Brazil nut – are relatively l...