Nibble Some Nuts
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
BBC
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Nuts are a rich source of fibre and polyphenols. They are also very high in fats and calories, but studies have shown that eating these bite-sized snacks won’t add to your waistline. These nutrient powerhouses could also help slow-down the ageing process. Research has found that walnut eaters live, on average, over a year longer than those who don’t. What’s more, adding nuts to your diet can help your brain! Michael Mosley is joined by Dr Sze-Yen Tan from Deakin University in Australia who reveals how eating nuts can benefit the brain, and why eating moderate amounts of nuts won’t add to your waistline. A recent study of his found that people who ate nuts performed better in cognitive tests and had improved short-term memory. Meanwhile, our volunteer Emma swaps out her usual snack for a handful of mixed nuts!
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:02.0 | Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers. |
| 0:06.0 | But you sit down and be bright. |
| 0:08.0 | Celebrating women's voices. |
| 0:10.0 | You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn. |
| 0:14.8 | This is juicy. No limits, no limits. |
| 0:17.2 | Celebrating women. |
| 0:18.8 | Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out |
| 0:24.4 | where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself. |
| 0:28.8 | Lesson on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:33.0 | BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:37.0 | We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're inundated with often conflicting advice. |
| 0:48.0 | So if you were going to try just one thing to improve your mental and physical well-being. What should it be? |
| 0:54.9 | Perhaps the martial art of Tai Chi to improve your immune system. |
| 1:00.3 | Maybe a few nuts to slow aging or how about cleaning your teeth to give your brain a boost |
| 1:07.6 | I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode will explore one thing you can start doing today |
| 1:15.5 | to improve your health or life in ways you might not expect. So it is mid- and I am craving chocolate or perhaps a biscuit. But instead I'm |
| 1:28.8 | going for a protein packed snack that can protect my heart, stave off cancer and give my brain a boost. |
| 1:35.7 | I am cracking out the nuts. |
| 1:40.3 | I've got some walnuts here. |
| 1:43.0 | Mm, these are delicious, particularly when you get them fresh out of the shell. |
| 1:48.0 | Now, nuts often get a bad press because they are high in fat and they can cause life-threatening allergies, |
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