Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Nuts to You!

Did you know that you can lower your blood cholesterol by eating nuts?

Well you can. It has been shown that in people with a high cholesterol eating one ounce of almonds a day lowered their bad cholesterol (LDL) by an average of 4%. If they ate 2 ounces a day they lowered it by 9%. At the same time their good cholesterol (HDL) rose a little. Many other nuts are also rich in cholesterol lowering unsaturated fatty acids.

Remember this. Nuts are high in calories. If you do not want to gain weight while lowering your cholesterol eat the nuts instead of other snack foods. This will also help you get your ration of omega 3 to omega 6 fatty acids into a healthier zone.

Look at our book TriEnergetics for more good eating tips.

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