During winter, there’s no better time to warm up with a delicious, nourishing meal . . . starring nuts! With their earthy, flavourful taste, crunchy texture, and impressive nutritional profile, nuts make the perfect ingredient inclusion in all types of winter recipes. These tiny nutritional powerhouses add filling plant protein, healthy fats, and gut-loving … Continue reading Nourishing recipes to try this winter
The body of evidence about nuts and health continues to grow. These local and international research papers, published around May 2024, corroborate decades of research about the importance of a regular handful of nuts within a healthy diet. Effect of nuts on anthropometric and glycemic indexes and blood pressure in secondary cardiovascular prevention: A systematic … Continue reading New research: May 2024
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 2024
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
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 2024
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 2024
The body of evidence about nuts and health continues to grow. These local and international research papers, published around January 2024, corroborate decades of research about the importance of a regular handful of nuts within a healthy diet. Metabolisable energy from nuts and patterns of nut consumption in the Australian population: A secondary analysis of … Continue reading New research: January 2024
Eating nuts every day may help reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome in young adults by improving waist circumference, lipid biomarkers, and/or insulin levels, finds a new study (1). The first-of-its-kind randomised trial, recently published in the journal Nutrients, adds to growing evidence on the cardiometabolic benefits of daily nut consumption. Metabolic syndrome is … Continue reading Daily nuts help reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome in young adults
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