Walnuts are a delicious and nutritious tree nut – certainly worth celebrating this Walnut Day! Mark 17 May with a healthy handful of walnuts, and reap the nutrition and health benefits of this tasty and versatile nut. Walnuts and diet quality A modelling study, published in 2023, found replacing some meat with walnuts improved overall … Continue reading Walnut Day
Decades of research shows that nuts help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, making them a key staple in a heart-healthy diet. Heart Week is a timely reminder for all Australians to prioritise heart health. This Heart Week (6-12 May 2024), Australians are being urged to ‘never miss a beat’ by speaking to their GP … Continue reading Nuts for heart health
The body of evidence about nuts and health continues to grow. These local and international research papers, published around April 2024, corroborate decades of research about the importance of a regular handful of nuts within a healthy diet. The effect of diet on cardiovascular disease and lipid and lipoprotein levels. (Feingold et al, 2024).This published … Continue reading New research: April
As nuts are an energy-dense food, due to the heart-healthy fats they contain, there’s a widespread perception that eating them will cause weight gain. But decades of research shows this is not true. Nuts are actually linked with a decreased risk of being overweight or obese, and regularly eating nuts reduces body weight, body mass … Continue reading Health 101: Nuts and weight
Each year, Australians waste around 7.6 million tonnes of food across the food supply chain – at every stage of producing and consuming food (1). This works out to be around 312kg per person – and is enough to fill the Melbourne Cricket Ground 10 times over (2)! Around a third (32%) of Australia’s food … Continue reading How to reduce food waste at home
Celebrate Pecan Day on 14 April with a healthy handful of pecans to reap the nutrition and health benefits of this tasty nut! Seven fast facts about pecans: Pecans are one of the richest plant sources of polyphenols, which are powerful antioxidants. Pecans are rich in essential vitamins and minerals, including magnesium and thiamin, … Continue reading Pecan Day
The body of evidence about nuts and health continues to grow. These local and international research papers, published around March 2024, corroborate decades of research about the importance of a regular handful of nuts within a healthy diet. Nut consumption during pregnancy is associated with decreased risk of peer problems in 5-year-old Japanese children. (Nguyen … Continue reading New research: March
A new Australian study has found including nuts in calorie-controlled weight loss diets does not hinder weight loss – and may instead have the opposite effect (1). The scoping review analysed the findings of seven randomised controlled trials assessing changes in weight and glycaemic control in energy-restrictive diets with, and without, nuts. The trials ranged … Continue reading Can nuts be included in calorie-controlled diets?
The body of evidence about nuts and health continues to grow. These local and international research papers, published around February 2024, corroborate decades of research about the importance of a regular handful of nuts within a healthy diet. Nuts and seeds – A scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023. (Fadnes and Balakrishna, 2024).This scoping … Continue reading New research: February
Happy Pistachio Day! Each year, 26 February is dedicated to this tiny nut, which punches above its weight when it comes to taste and nutrition! Five fast facts about pistachios: Pistachios (along with almonds) have the most protein of all tree nuts, providing 20g of plant protein per 100g – or 6g in a 30g … Continue reading Pistachio Day
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