Sound nuts?

 

It's scientific fact, appearing in today's Journal of the American Medical Association. Women who consume nuts or peanut butter at least five times a week significantly lowered their risk for Type 2 diabetes compared with those who never or rarely ate nuts or peanut butter, concluded Harvard School of Public Health researchers.

 

"We were not really surprised by our findings," said Dr. Rui Jiang, a Harvard nutrition researcher. "Nuts contain lots of fat, but most fats in nuts are mono- and polyunsaturated fats, which are good for insulin sensitivity and cholesterol."

 

Mono- and polyunsaturated fats are unsaturated fat and are considered healthier than animal-derived saturated fat. Foods such as olives and olive oil also contain unsaturated fats.

 

But you can't go nuts with the heavenly sticky stuff because peanut butter is high in calories.

 

"You can't just dip your spoon in a jar," said Chris Rosenbloom, associate dean for Health and Human Science at Georgia State University. "And you can't just open a jar of peanuts and sit in front of the TV and eat all those nuts. I'm afraid consumers will hear this and say, 'All I have to do is eat more nuts and peanut butter and I'll avoid diabetes or heart disease.' And we know it's more complicated than that."

 

Diets high in nuts have also been shown to have a beneficial effect on cholesterol.  "Nuts are coming back into vogue as more healthful food," Rosenbloom said.    Click Here For Full Article

 

Patricia Guthrie writes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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