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NEW - Nuts & Children

Good nutrition is important for everyone, but particularly for children who have extra nutritional needs for growth and development. Ensuring that your child eats a well balanced diet which provides all of the essential nutrients they need can help them develop healthy habits, now and in the future. A handful of nuts each day is a valuable inclusion in your child’s diet.

NEW - Nuts & Fats

Having some fat in our diets is important to provide the body with essential fatty acids, provide fat soluble vitamins, help regulate cholesterol production and provide stored energy and insulation1. The key is choosing foods is the right types of fats in the right amounts. Low fat diets like low carb diets are a thing of past.

Nuts & Vegetarians

There are some nutrients that need special attention in a vegetarian diet and these include protein, iron, zinc, calcium, omega-3 fats and vitamin B124. Eating nuts regularly can help vegetarians to meet requirements for all of these important nutrients – apart from vitamin B12.

Nuts & Pregnancy

Good nutrition during pregnancy will help keep you and your developing baby healthy. Your needs for certain nutrients increase during pregnancy, but only a small amount of extra energy (kilojoules) is needed, so it is important to focus on quality rather than quantity when you are ‘eating for two’.

Nuts & Diabetes - NEWLY UPDATED July 2010

Nuts such as almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts are packed full of beneficial nutrients for people with diabetes. Eating nuts regularly may even help prevent the onset of diabetes later in life!

Nuts & Weight - NEWLY UPDATED July 2010

Nuts such as almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts are packed full of beneficial substances for good health. Despite what many people believe, eating nuts regularly can actually help achieve and maintain a healthy body weight.

Nuts & Allergies

Tree nuts such as almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts are full of beneficial substances for good health. Despite this, tree nut allergies are a common food allergies in infants and children, and can persist into adulthood.

Nuts & General Health

Almonds, Brazil cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts are all tree nuts that are packed full of beneficial substances for good health. Enjoying nuts regularly as part of a healthy eating pattern has been shown to protect the heart and may also reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Nuts & Heart Health

How do you halve your risk of developing heart disease? The answer is by eating a handful of nuts five or more times a week! Tree nuts such as almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts are packed full of beneficial substances for good heart health.