Eat those nuts to stay healthy | India Gazette

Eat those nuts to stay healthy

India Gazette (IANS) Monday 5th October, 2009

It's time to get rid of salted potato chips from your shelves and replace them with healthier nuts that will help you overcome hunger pangs and attain a healthy lifestyle.

For years it was said that nuts contain fat and lead to body heat and so they should be avoided, especially during summer.

'There are so many myths associated with nuts, that are not at all true. First of all, eating a handful of nuts every day doesn't mean that you will become fat. Nuts have mono-saturated fat that are good for your body. They also help you lose weight,' nutrition expert Geetu Amarnani told IANS.

'The other myth associated with nuts is that they generate body heat if eaten during summer. This is not true. Excess of everything is bad and the same goes with nuts. You don't have to eat them in plenty. A handful is more than enough,' she added.

Also, one has to chose from a wide variety of nuts from almonds to pistachios, from cashew nuts to walnuts and from hazelnuts to pine nuts.

Fitness expert Aamit from FX Zone Noida says that nuts help in losing weight if you start replacing junk food with them.

'We all have this tendency to eat junk food whenever we get hunger pangs. We eat chips, noodles, biscuits or namkeens and they are not at all filling.

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