Weight Loss Advice: Nuts
Nuts are advertised as health foods, but
many weight loss experts still advocate caution about recommending nuts:
they are high in calories. An ounce of nuts contains about 160 to 200
calories.
Portion Control & Nuts
Weight loss experts say it's about portion control and avoid opening a
large bag of nuts and eating the whole bag. Portion out about an ounce
as a healthy snack. One tactic to avoid eating too many calories is to
replace nuts with another food. For example, replace cheese with nuts
on a salad.
Weight Loss Study & Nuts
Evidence suggests that limiting nut consumption to 1 or 2 ounces of plain
nuts on a daily basis does not cause weight gain. In a study published
last year, Richard Mattes, a professor of foods and nutrition at Purdue
University, instructed volunteers to eat about 500 calories a day in peanuts.
One group cut 500 calories from their diet and replaced those calories
with peanuts. A second group was told to consume their regular diet and
add 500 calories a day in peanuts. A third group was allowed to consume
peanuts in any way it chose. None of the groups gained weight.
Source: LA Times, Oct 2003
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