As I sit eating my South Beach-sanctioned afternoon snack of pistachios, I come across this."Eating a handful of nuts every day could cut the risk of heart disease, research shows
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I've been eating nuts for years because I'm mindful that the quality of the fat you eat is crucial to health. I remember when Udo Eramus' book about fat came out and I was shocked to discover how unhealthy trans-fat filled margarine was and that doctors were recommending it to HEART PATIENTS!
Every morning I eat either a tablespoon of peanut butter (not too often because it slows down the thyroid), or macadamia nut butter or tahini or I shell some almonds or walnuts or I eat a couple of tablespoons of hemp nuts (rich in omega-3s). I have the nuts with a banana or dried apricots or raisins.
I don't have a big appetite in the morning so this is about as much as I can take with a cup of cawfee. I still keep my fats down to 30 to 40 grams a day but the fats I do get are all natural ones.
Don't forget you can make hummus too and get tahini that way. Olive oil and coconut oil (non-hydrogenated) are also good fats to have. And if I use any animal fat, it's butter and nothing man-made.
Oh, and if you shell nuts, you can store them in a container in the freezer for months and months without them going rancid. I do this so when I'm making a coffee cake I can just throw in a handful.
I remember back in the 70's when everyone was switching to margarine because real butter was so bad. Now evil butter is known to be far better than margarine. "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!" She was right about that.
I don't eat much peanut butter but I had no idea it impacted thyroid activity. Since my thyroid is barely functioning these days, that's a good thing to know.
Every morning I eat either a tablespoon of peanut butter (not too often because it slows down the thyroid), or macadamia nut butter or tahini or I shell some almonds or walnuts or I eat a couple of tablespoons of hemp nuts (rich in omega-3s). I have the nuts with a banana or dried apricots or raisins.
I don't have a big appetite in the morning so this is about as much as I can take with a cup of cawfee. I still keep my fats down to 30 to 40 grams a day but the fats I do get are all natural ones.
Don't forget you can make hummus too and get tahini that way. Olive oil and coconut oil (non-hydrogenated) are also good fats to have. And if I use any animal fat, it's butter and nothing man-made.
Oh, and if you shell nuts, you can store them in a container in the freezer for months and months without them going rancid. I do this so when I'm making a coffee cake I can just throw in a handful.
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I don't eat much peanut butter but I had no idea it impacted thyroid activity. Since my thyroid is barely functioning these days, that's a good thing to know.
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