“The high consumption of peanuts, walnuts, or almonds significantly reduced the risk for breast cancer by 2-3 times,” according to a recent study from Mexico.

“This protective effect was not found with low or moderate seed consumption when compared with null [no] consumption.”

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Eating almonds and nuts is associated with weight loss.

A recent study found that approximately 3% fewer calories were absorbed from the daily diet when people incorporated 1.5 ounces of almonds in their daily diet.

This means that for people consuming a diet of 2000 to 3000 calories per day, they would absorb 60-90 fewer calories.

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Eating almonds and nuts is associated with weight loss.

A recent study found that “When an 84-g[ram] serving of almonds [3 ounces] was incorporated into the diet daily, the energy digestibility of the diet as a whole decreased by [approximately] 5%.”

In other words, 5% fewer daily calories were absorbed for the entire diet.

“Therefore, for individuals with energy intakes between 2000 and 3000 [calories per day], incorporation of 84 [grams] almonds [3 ounces] into the diet daily in exchange for highly digestible foods would result in a reduction of available energy of 100–150 [calories per day],” the authors write.

“With a weight- reduction diet, this deficit could result in more than a pound of weight loss per month.”

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Eating almonds and nuts has been associated with weight loss.

A recent study found that people extract 32% fewer calories from almonds than what is listed on the label.

A one ounce (28 gram) serving of almonds provide 129 calories rather than 170 calories as previously thought.

This helps to explain why eating almonds are associated with weight loss.

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Substituting almonds for complex carbohydrates in a low calorie diet increases weight loss according to a study from researchers at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California. Read the entire article | Email this article