Nuts To Your Health

Nuts To Your Health! A Good Thing

No, I'm not wishing bad things on you, quite the contrary the following
will help you become that svelte slender person you always knew
resided in your body. Not only that but will decrease your chances of
having heart disease while lowering your blood pressure and many
other great healthy attributes.

A known fact for more than ten years that hasn't been widely
published but definitely needs your attention!

Several studies have found that nuts in your diet daily can keep you
slim and trim as well as keep it off. Contrary to the past popular belief
that nuts make you fat, studies have shown that almond eaters,
(3.5 ounces daily) did not gain weight but lost it.

From the bastion of vegetarians come this report…1992 study at
Loma Linda Medical University found that eating 2 ounces of nuts
four or five times a week reduced heart attack risk by 50%.

"Nuts in your diet can also reduce cancer risk, lower blood pressure,
provide antioxidants, fiber, essential vitamins and minerals. Including
calcium, folate, potassium, magnesium, vitamin E, Quercetin and
kaempferol, and the very rich amino acid arginine, which may help
to lower your blood pressure, fight off osteoporosis and a multitude
of other potential illnesses."

Health and Research Studies Center of Los Altos, Calif. Director
Gene Spiller, PhD says "Replace some of that bacon and eggs with
nuts if you are following a high-protein diet. Nuts are excellent
substitutes for meat, cheese and other fatty foods and satisfies the
craving for fat." The outcome from those studies in a book he calls
"Healthy Nuts." (Avery $9.95):

A study at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston compared a
low-fat diet (20% of calories from fat) with a high-fat (35% fat intake,
mostly from nuts, peanuts and olive oil) found that after 18 months
the high-fat nut eaters lost 9 pounds while the low-fat dieters gained
more than 6 pounds. The high-fat nut eaters curbed their hunger for
fat by satisfying the desire for more fats. i.e. chocolate, chips, pie,
cakes, cookies, etc.

Then another recent Iowa Women's Health study involving 38,000
women found that those who ate nuts two to four times a week had
less than half the rates of heart disease as the women who ate nuts
only once a month.

Another Cholesterol buster; walnuts or macadamia nuts
(2 - 3 ounces a day), enhance the cholesterol lowering power of
a Mediterranean diet. Eating 8 - 11 walnuts a day consistently
lowered the bad cholesterol about 6% thereby reducing heart
disease risk 11%.

A higher-fat diet, mainly from peanuts and peanut butter, is more heart
protective than a low-fat regimen according to a study done at Penn
State. Low-fat diets lower the good HDL cholesterol which boost
triglycerides and raising fibrinogen, a blood clot factor that promotes
clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes. Eating nuts lower triglycerides.

Bandaru Reddy of the American Health Foundation says that in India
reduced colon cancer has been linked to eating nuts and legumes.
Another study from Canada found that nut eaters reduce prostate
cancer risks by 30%.

The moral, eat nuts! And lose weight or at least not gain while eating
2 to 3 ounces daily. What better and simpler weight loss program
than that? Of course if you continue with the bad high fat foods along
with the nuts, it won't work too well!!!

Now having all this information are you ready to go nuts over nuts?
This has to be the most pleasant way I can think of to lose weight
and reduce illnesses, so get on with your life and health.

To start with here is a recipe for a Nutty dressing I found at
www.usaweekend.com makes a great Cole Slaw or add to a
green salad or on fish or vegetables.

DRESSING
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup balsamic vinegar
¼ cup orange juice
½ tsp salt or to taste

Put all ingredients into a blender or food processor; process to
desired smoothness. Makes 1 ¼ cups.

Two tablespoons is 138 calories, 2g carbohydrates, 15g fat (2g saturated),
1g protein, 117 mg sodium.

Have a bowl of nuts on the table with each meal or make your own
peanut butter from any nut you choose for a healthy snack with wheat
crackers or as a sandwich. When you make your own peanut butter
add a dribble of virgin olive oil to give it easier spreading consistency.

Having 2 - 3 ounces of nuts in your diet daily will insure that you are
doing all you can to be as healthy as you can be.

A snack hint here

A snack at midnight, when the writing bug hits, is peanut butter on
wheat crackers or on a slice of cinnamon raisin toast. Also makes a
great breakfast with herb tea, juice and fruit. Never forget to take your
vitamin and mineral supplements daily to round out your health regimen.

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