Good News about Almonds!

meeper123
meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Read this in this month's Muscle and Fitness for her:

A recent study published in the American Journal of clinical Nutrition reports that almonds have approximatly 20% fewer calories than origionally new studys show that 23 almonds actually have around 129 calories versus the 160 that is currently on the package!


makes me happy if its only 30 calories i love almonds :)

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  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    And they're delicious in my oatmeal and on my frozen yogurt.
  • diet_grrrl
    diet_grrrl Posts: 1
    Awesome news - thanks for posting! :)
  • unicornpoop
    unicornpoop Posts: 178 Member
    Om Nom Nom. Now I don't feel bad about going over them when my handful is more like 25-30 almonds!
  • apothecarist
    apothecarist Posts: 193
    Cool! 30 calories is 30 calories...I will take it!
  • ashlinmarie
    ashlinmarie Posts: 1,263 Member
    30 calories for moar almonds!
  • minivegrunner
    minivegrunner Posts: 45
    Yay! I'm an almond nut!

    ....yeah stupid pun.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    Yeah this made me smile 30 cals means more almonds lol
  • jogglesngoggles
    jogglesngoggles Posts: 362 Member
    woohoo!! love almonds! Makes you really wonder how many other foods are significantly over or under!
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    woohoo!! love almonds! Makes you really wonder how many other foods are significantly over or under!

    Ik right lol
  • allylbrown
    allylbrown Posts: 71
    mr too! I eat them almost everyday and never thought they added any wt to me...will keep on eating them!
  • JossFit
    JossFit Posts: 588 Member
    Evidently there have been advances in the way calories are measured across the board, not just for almonds. I expect that there will be a lot of changes to calorie counts and food labels in the near future.
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    1/2 cup cottage cheese, 2tbs each chopped almonds, apricots, and prunes on top. Deeeeeelishus!

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