Don't Nuts Make You Fat? : SuperFoodsRx

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Don't Nuts Make You Fat?

Table of Contents

1.	Overview
2.	Which Nuts?
3.	Don't Nuts Make You Fat?
4.	How Nuts Help Your Heart
5.	Nuts and Diabetes
6.	Nuts to the Rescue
7.	Nuts Go to Your Head
8.	Nuts to Wine
9.	Shopping Tips

It’s true that nuts are high in calories. But the key concept with nuts is substitution. Add a few nuts to your daily diet, substituting them for other foods. You won’t gain an ounce if you add 1 ounce of nuts at least five times a week and subtract a food of comparable calories, preferably one containing saturated fat like cheese or butter or, better yet, add the equivalent amount of calorie-burning exercise.
The truth is, those who eat nuts in a balanced diet tend to be thinner than those who don’t, because nuts are so filling. Because of this, nuts help people stick to a diet of foods that are high in carbohydrates but low in fiber. In one Harvard study, people who ate 35 percent of their calories from healthy fats (the common recommendation is 25 to 30 percent of calories from fat) were three times more likely to maintain their weight loss than dieters who restricted their fat intake to 20 percent. While it’s true that 79 percent of the energy of nuts comes from fat, it’s also true that nuts are low in saturated fat and high in unsaturated fatty acids. Interestingly, saturated fat raises blood cholesterol levels about twice as much as polyunsaturated fats lower them.

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What is a “Super Food”?

Well, the most important thing for everyone to know is that superfoods are easy to find in every local supermarket. They’re worth looking for!

These nutritional powerhouse foods are loaded with nutrients crucial to a healthy, long life.

If you can include a variety of them in your diet, everyday, we promise they will change your life!

These foods were chosen because they contain high concentrations of crucial nutrients, as well as the fact that many of them are low in calories. Foods containing these nutrients have been proven to help prevent and, in some cases, reverse the well-known effects of aging, including cardiovascular disease, Type II Diabetes, hypertension and certain cancers.

When you click on each superfood you’ll find information including a list of the primary nutrients that elevated them to superfood status.

This is not meant to be a complete list of every single nutrient that food contains, but rather, a list of the high-profile nutrients that have shown health benefits and that are present in that food in sufficient quantity to make a difference. Many of the superfoods have “Sidekicks”. These are foods that are generally in the same category as the flagship superfood and offer a similar nutrient profile.

So click around and find recipes and tips on how to incorporate these foods in your daily diet.

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Principle 2: Super Foods are whole foods

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