Here is the ANSWER to todays NUTRITION QUIZ on NUTS and whether they are better considered healthy fat or healthy protein: whole nuts and seeds are mostly calorically fat, typically. They do not necessarily need to be raw, though. In fact all of the evidence points towards whether they are raw, dry roasted or even roasted in oil – though I would prefer sticking with either dry roasted or raw – seem to be associated with lower cardiovascular risk. Another advantage of whole nuts and seeds over nut butters like almond or peanut butter, is that it seems we only absorb about 75% of the calories you would see on a label when eating whole nuts or seeds. At least this is what we see in (and remember this is a medical discussion) stool analysis studies with almonds – and theres no reason to think that it doesnt happen to a large degree with any whole nut or seed. So when considering the frequently oversimplified concept of healthy fats (which essentially means those high fat foods that are low in saturated fat and high in either polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fats) whole nuts and seeds are the gold medalists, nut butters are silver medalists (chewing satisfaction is lost and higher calorie absorption) and non tropical vegetable oils are bronze medalists (since not only is chewing satisfaction lost and full calorie absorption – oils are also the highest calorie density foods on earth with zero protein, zero fiber and a significant amount of micronutrients are lost versus their whole food cousins and healthy fat gold medalists: nuts and seeds).
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:55:21 +0000
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