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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