The ultimate nut?

newlife414
newlife414 Posts: 33
edited December 25 in Food and Nutrition
Thinking about adding a snack of nuts and dried fruit to my day and I'm wondering if anyone has advice on a tasty, yet healthy nut? They've never really been my thing, so I'm kinda uninformed, but I wanted to try it out!

Thanks all!!! :smile:

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  • newlife414
    newlife414 Posts: 33
    Bump?
  • primrosehill
    primrosehill Posts: 84 Member
    Personally, I like almonds - very good for lowering cholesterol. Apparently you only need about 5 to do the trick and they're meant to be good for stress relief too (always top of my list!) Walnuts are also good for heart health.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    They're all pretty similar macro-wise so just pick the ones you like the most. I like peanuts and almonds, personally. Great healthy snack.
  • stonerdude
    stonerdude Posts: 103
    Walnuts...very high in omega 3
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    I vote almonds, eat'em daily
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,030 Member
    Refraining from sexual innuendo.

    But M&M's chocolate covered almonds rock!


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  • Ejwelton
    Ejwelton Posts: 331 Member
    Brazil's are full of selenium.
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    Walnuts and almonds. Unsalted and raw.
  • Illona88
    Illona88 Posts: 903 Member
    Walnuts, I have been told.
  • cobaltis
    cobaltis Posts: 191 Member
    Refraining from sexual innuendo.

    But M&M's chocolate covered almonds rock!


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    Hey lets keep it healthy now :) haha (Thinking about my wife's candied pecans now...)
    I like nut mixes myself, pecans, almonds, walnuts, macadamia nuts etc.

    Just remember they are calorie dense so if you are dealing with hunger, nuts are a bad snack as they arent filling compared to their calories.
  • MoveTheMountain
    MoveTheMountain Posts: 764
    Almonds, and they're getting so popular there are lots of varieties these days. There's a habanero almond that's fantastic - still low in salt and sugar. Love 'em, but you have to weight them - only an ounce a day. Lots of calories.
  • bbbsmama
    bbbsmama Posts: 96
    Ok, I'm not even going there............



    I like almonds and cashews. I eat one of those nuts every day.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    Hazelnuts. I buy 10 lb bags for $53.
  • newlife414
    newlife414 Posts: 33
    Thanks for all the great advice guys!
  • gracieabem
    gracieabem Posts: 211
    I used to just eat almonds with the occasional addition of walnuts. Now I eat a much larger variety.
    I usually buy a largish packet of roasted, unsalted mixed nuts which has brazil, macadamia, cashew, walnuts, almonds. I also have on hand a packet of walnut and almonds that I usually mix up and alternate between the two mixes.

    Every now and again I'll buy a small packet of something different - hazelnuts, pistachios. I use pine nuts in cooking occasionally.
  • HorseWithNoName27
    HorseWithNoName27 Posts: 188 Member
    Almonds! Love 'em to death. Pecans, walnuts, and cashews are all pretty great too.
  • 916lude
    916lude Posts: 305
    Great Title!

    I would say almonds or walnuts. Personally I just buy bulk mixed.
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    Macadamias -- high monounsaturated fat and palmitoleic acid (which may up your metabolism). I just like em cause they taste good (especially in cookies).

    I but macadamia, cashews, pecans and pistachios. I don't care for the rest. A good site to get raw (not roasted or salted to wreck the flavor) is http://nuts.com/nuts/
  • eleighb85
    eleighb85 Posts: 11
    I'm going to go with my neighbor, I just don't know what to think about him sometimes.... :)

    Oh.

    I like almonds. (The dark cocoa covered ones are on my fave list right now)
  • mmarcy7
    mmarcy7 Posts: 227 Member
    I love macadamia nuts. Almonds are good too, they gotta be flavored though, dark chocolate mint.
  • ktied
    ktied Posts: 137 Member
    I am a pistachio fan =) yummm. not only delicious, but the lowest calorie nut, im pretty sure. dont quote me on that though!
  • Illona88
    Illona88 Posts: 903 Member
    I am a pistachio fan =) yummm. not only delicious, but the lowest calorie nut, im pretty sure. dont quote me on that though!

    Also helps that you can't chuck them all in your mouth in one go, but you have to get the nuts out on by one ;).
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