Why are flaked almonds so unhealthy?

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  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,861 Member
    I love Almonds and my doctor says there are some health benefits. I eat ten of them every day.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    Maybe if you're accompanying your almonds with a candy bar like Almond Joy, but uh no.

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  • navygrrl
    navygrrl Posts: 517 Member
    Maybe if you're accompanying your almonds with a candy bar like Almond Joy, but uh no.

    Great. You had to mention Almond Joy. Thanks for that, LOL.
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    There are different types of fat. Some fats like fish (prescribed often to lower cholesterol levels) and nuts are healthy fats and SHOULD be in our diets regularly. All nuts are high in calories so moderation is key as with all things. The only thing I can think of that one could eat quite a bit of without worrying about high calories is vegetables such as celery and carrot slices. Moderation always comes into play.
  • Fuzzipeg
    Fuzzipeg Posts: 2,301 Member
    For me it is because they are high in salicylate which had me virtually bed bound or not far off with pain and other issues. I realise this is not a problem for many but I would be surprised if I am the only one on here.

    All the very best
  • Bridget65202
    Bridget65202 Posts: 12
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupe

    In botany, a drupe is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit, stone, or pyrene) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside... the definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.

    Other fleshy fruits may have a stony enclosure that comes from the seed coat surrounding the seed, but such fruits are not drupes.
    Some flowering plants that produce drupes are coffee, jujube, mango, olive, most palms (including date, coconut and oil palms), pistachio, white sapote, and all members of the genus Prunus, including the almond (in which the mesocarp is somewhat leathery), apricot, cherry, damson, nectarine, peach, and plum.
  • pseudomuffin
    pseudomuffin Posts: 1,058 Member
    Flaked?

    I eat almonds as a snack. They are less calories than 2 tbsp. of peanut butter..which has sugar and fat added to it usually. I usually take about 25 almonds and snack on them slowly and they register with my brain. You might do better with sunflower seeds or pistachios in the shells.

    I think OP is referring to sliced almonds. I have a giant bag of them that I use on salads, bake onto fish, etc... They're super tasty!
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    I love Almonds and my doctor says there are some health benefits. I eat ten of them every day.

    10 Almonds??? Why do much cardio?
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupe

    In botany, a drupe is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit, stone, or pyrene) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside... the definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.

    Other fleshy fruits may have a stony enclosure that comes from the seed coat surrounding the seed, but such fruits are not drupes.
    Some flowering plants that produce drupes are coffee, jujube, mango, olive, most palms (including date, coconut and oil palms), pistachio, white sapote, and all members of the genus Prunus, including the almond (in which the mesocarp is somewhat leathery), apricot, cherry, damson, nectarine, peach, and plum.

    What the hell is indehiscent???
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    And they're sooooo filling, amirite?
  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
    This thread is nuts.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupe

    In botany, a drupe is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit, stone, or pyrene) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside... the definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.

    Other fleshy fruits may have a stony enclosure that comes from the seed coat surrounding the seed, but such fruits are not drupes.
    Some flowering plants that produce drupes are coffee, jujube, mango, olive, most palms (including date, coconut and oil palms), pistachio, white sapote, and all members of the genus Prunus, including the almond (in which the mesocarp is somewhat leathery), apricot, cherry, damson, nectarine, peach, and plum.

    What the hell is indehiscent???

    You know the rules: if you can't pronounce it or don't know what it means, don't eat it.

    So no almonds for you.

    Too bad, because they're a phenomenal source of protein...

    ...and soooo filling.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupe

    In botany, a drupe is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit, stone, or pyrene) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside... the definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.

    Other fleshy fruits may have a stony enclosure that comes from the seed coat surrounding the seed, but such fruits are not drupes.
    Some flowering plants that produce drupes are coffee, jujube, mango, olive, most palms (including date, coconut and oil palms), pistachio, white sapote, and all members of the genus Prunus, including the almond (in which the mesocarp is somewhat leathery), apricot, cherry, damson, nectarine, peach, and plum.

    What the hell is indehiscent???
    in·de·his·cent adj. Botany. Not splitting open at maturity: indehiscent fruit. in′de·his′cence

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