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The Healthy Christmas Nut!
© By Lena Sanchez
Are eating nuts healthy for you?
If you have followed my writings you know that many health
conscious people and myself know that nuts are not the bad
guy so many have dubbed them.
Nuts can be an aid to losing weight, keeping your heart
healthy and just overall well being. That’s not to say you
should eat them around the clock. I guess you could, if you
want to be the size of a baby elephant or maybe a mama
elephant!
Christmas and Hanukkah is the season that nuts seem to
be around in greater abundance than any other time of the
year. Walnuts, pecans, chestnuts and hazel nuts being
the most popular. Sadly, most people add them on top of
all their rich holiday sweets, which make for the extra-added
weight gain so prevalent each year.
Nuts are harvested in the fall and winter months therefore
helping to push the holiday nut habit. A good habit, by the
way when eaten properly.
Nuts in the shell, are easy to store and keep year round,
retaining their nutrients and making for a really tasty health
food that should be in your earthquake and disaster
supplies…
A nut that I see on the shelves year round and a very tasty
nut that could prove to be your best addition for the holiday
season and all year round, is Pistachios. “One-ounce a day
could keep the doctor away.”
Just think what could happen if you add an apple a day!
Both taste great and even better when combined, and
could possibly make doctors obsolete in your life!
Better late than never, the FDA has done a good thing in
releasing a report saying that eating nuts, such as
pistachios, might help reduce the risk of heart disease.
Pistachios contain phytochemicals such as betasitosterol,
which is associated with lowering heart disease and cancer
risks. And pistachios are relatively high in the amino acid
arginine, which helps keep arteries flexible and your blood
flowing unheeded. That little one-ounce serving contains
as much potassium as one-half of a banana, a necessary
and much needed heart mineral!
In the nut realm Pistachios are naturally low in saturated fat
and cholesterol free. A one-ounce serving is about 49 nuts,
more nuts per serving than any other snack nut, making for
more filling. So, count out 49 of these tasty health building
nuts and keep them handy for eating.
Easy to carry, nutritious to eat, and you could drop a few
pounds when replacing other empty calorie snacks! A nut
with it’s own website http://www.pistachios.org How’s that
for important? Making it an ideal healthy Christmas Nut.
For more information on healthy nuts and weight loss
possibilities read “Nuts To Your Health” at
http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/nuts_to_your_health.htm
Wishing you a Christmas full of Pistachio health!
Lena
***Lena Sanchez a happy retired Medical Office
Nurse/Administrator/Consultant who took charge of
her life 8 years ago and is committed to helping
others do the same in all areas of life… Editor of
‘Natural Environmental Health Facts & Your Home
Business Coach Ezine" Newsletter subscribe at
http://www.envirodocs.com/newsletter.htm Author of
Three health building books.
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