Nuts and Seeds
Nuts and Seeds are the HEALTHYEST things you can eat IMO.
Flood your life with them.
“People who ate nuts at
least twice a week were much
less
likely to gain weight than those who almost never ate nuts.”
Obesity Journal
"Nuts, seeds, legumes as well as other foods
including soybeans contain enzyme inhibitors. Inhibitors serve to keep the seed
from deteriorating until it can germinate properly. These seeds must be treated
to eliminate the inhibitors. Sprouting is the best way to kill most of the
inhibitors while keeping the enzymes from being denatured."
Doctor Anthony Cichoke
"The almond diet led to a significant decrease in body fat by 1%, total
cholesterol by 8%, and LDL cholesterol by 13%. Most importantly, researchers
found that inclusion of almonds decreased blood glucose and insulin and
inflammation. Alpha-Tocopherol or vitamin E levels in the blood increased, as
well as the resistance of LDL cholesterol against oxidation, when tissues were
tested in a laboratory environment."
Almonds found highly protective for Diabetics
"Not only are nuts a compact source of energy, they
also are easily stored through cold winters and hot summers, making them
available throughout the year. What's more nuts contain a number of compounds
that may help prevent heart disease and cancer."
Prevention
“Unlike plant seed oils (like sesame oil) that are no
longer protected by their whole food structure, seeds themselves (including
sesame seeds) are fairly stable to relatively low heats. I would not hesitate to
add high-quality, preferably organically grown, sesame seeds to your bread
recipe. It is important, of course, to chew your bread and seeds well because
non-chewed, intact sesame seeds can often be excreted without undergoing further
digestion or absorption and therefore not delivering most of their health
benefits.”
George Mateljan WHF
Eating pecans daily may delay age-related muscle nerve degeneration
Nuts are, with seeds, some of the very
best foods for most of us. A plant will put all the nutrients required for its
next generation of LIFE into its nuts and seeds. One thing the genome project
has taught us is how similar many life forms are in their nutrient requirements.
One important caution is in
order. Raw nuts and seeds contain phytic acid and should
normally be
consumed as a meal or snack by
themselves as the phytic acid will keep nutrients
from being absorbed. Once the nuts are soaked over
night or roasted they may be eaten with other foods. For instance although raw nuts make a tasty addition to a salad
don’t put them in as they will keep some of the nutrition from the salad from
entering your bloodstream. Raw nuts and seeds eaten by themselves constitute a
Phytic Acid (Phytic Acid) Chelation Protocol (Chelation).
FRESH raw nuts contain lots of good
fats. Yes nuts are high in calories from good fats and must be consumed by the ounce not the
pound but this good fat will digest SLOWLY and keep us from getting hungry for
quite awhile. A few nuts make a good portable snack that will satisfy our hunger
and keep us going till we eat something good again. Store away a few small packs
of good nuts, on your person, in your brief case, in your car and AVOID the
garbage "snacks" you can buy out of machines.
Nuts contain magnesium, copper, protein, arginine, Vitamin
E, selenium and good fats among other good things. I try to eat an ounce or two
of nuts most days.
Here is a good source of seeds.
http://www.bulkfoods.com/seeds.asp
Here is a good source of nut and seed oils
http://www.soaperschoice.com/cgi-soaperschoice/Web_store/web_store.cgi?query_price_low_range=0&cart_id=
More on nuts:
http://www.healthcastle.com/nuts-benefits.shtml
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