In a nutshell

In a nutshell

You’ve probably removed nuts from your diet based on bad advice from dieticians who told you that nuts are full of fat and are therefore fattening. This is comparable to saying that if you eat sugar, you will be sweet, or, if you eat oil, you will be oily.

The research on the nutritional value of nuts is so voluminous; it’s hard to believe this issue is still debated. Both the British Medical Journal and the Archives of Internal Medicine have published various studies on the positive effects of nuts in the diet.

And as far back as 1993, the New England Journal of Medicine reported that women enrolled in the Iowa Women’s Study who ate nuts on a regular basis had a 40 percent reduction in heart disease risk.

And as for your waistline, many studies have proven that nuts can actually help keep it in check. What the nutrition experts won’t admit is that nuts keep you slimmer because they’re “fattier” than other snacks. Their fat content fills you up on much less than you would eat of other foods like pretzels.

So forget the past 30 years of nutritional hogwash, go ahead, and eat all the nuts you want.

Helping you bask in the glow of good health,
Dr. William Campbell Douglass II, MD