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[s-A] [soFlaVegan] Nuts Will Not Make You Fat

 

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Nuts will NOT Make You Fat

By Dr. Michael Greger

 

http://www.vegetarianbaby.com/articles/nuts.shtml

 

The latest data suggests that you may be able to cut your risk of

sudden cardiac death IN HALF, just by eating nuts twice a week.[1]

And studying 25,000 Seventh Day Adventists, those that ate just a

handful of nuts (1 oz.) five or more times a week lived two years

longer! Years onto your life and delicious--that's what vegetarianism

should be all about. So surround yourself with nuts (which shouldn't

be hard in the vegetarian community--just kidding!

Yeah, but aren't nuts fatty, though? Yes, but they're packed with

good fats (especially almonds, hazelnuts, macadamias and pecans).

There is not a single study in the entire medical literature that I'm

aware of that failed to show health benefits from nut consumption.

Nuts are one of the healthiest foods on the planet. So why doesn't

everyone eat them every day? Because there is this persistent myth

that nuts make you gain weight.

 

Last month, the chairperson of one of the most prestigious nutrition

departments in the world, Loma Linda University, reviewed all the

available data on nut consumption and body weight[2]. He found that

nut-eaters on average were LEANER or the same weight as

non-nut-eaters. For example, we all know that the average American is

overweight. But that's only for NON-nut-eating Americans--nut-eaters

on average are NOT overweight. According to the USDA, those who eat

nuts in this country are significantly leaner than those that

don't.[3]

 

Wait a second. Aren't nuts like 80% fat, though? Don't they have as

many calories as like potato chips? Am I telling you that you can add

a whole handful of nuts to your diet every day and you probably won't

gain weight? No, I'm telling you you can add FOUR handfuls of nuts to

your daily diet and you probably won't gain weight. That's what these

Loma Linda researchers did. Had people eat four extra handfuls of

almonds every day for 6 months, and not only was there basically no

average weight gain, the heaviest study participants actually LOST

weight.[4]

 

But four handfuls of nuts is almost 600 calories; that's like a few

scoops of ice cream every day--how could they not gain weight? Good

question. We're actually not sure. There's some evidence that nuts

may increase the speed at which you burn calories[5]. Or maybe it's

because nuts are so nutrient rich (trace minerals, fidyl, fiber,

arginine, vitamin E, etc.)that they quell hunger pangs better than

other foods, decreasing one's appetite[6]. Who knows; who cares. The

bottom line is that nuts probably WON'T make you fat.

 

Barring allergies, everyone should eat a handful of nuts every day.

 

Michael Greger, M.D. is a general practitioner specializing in

vegetarian nutrition, a prize-winning cook, and an internationally

recognized speaker on a number of important public health and social

justice issues. He is author of Heart Failure: Diary of a Third Year

Medical Student and has contributed to a number of books on veganism

and food safety issues. All proceeds from the sale of his books, CDs,

and DVDs is all distributed to vegan charities. For more information

about Dr. Greger, please visit his website Vegan MD.

 

[1] Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2002;26:1129-37.

[2] American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 78(2003):647s.

[3] US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.

2000. Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals CSFII 1994-96.

[4] J Am Coll Nutr 1998;328:603-7.

[5] Arch Intern Med 2002;162:1382-7.

[6] Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000;24:1167-75.

 

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