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Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's midweek segment called Ask a Nutrition. Now let's get started. Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's

midweek segment called Ask a Nutrition. I am Brittany Vincent, a registered and licensed

dietitian. On today's show brought to you by Nutritional Weight and Wellness, I will be

answering a nutrition question we've received from one of our Dishing Up Nutrition listeners.

On today's show brought to you by Nutrition Weight and Wellness, I will be answering a

nutrition question we have received from one of our Dishing Up Nutrition listeners.

And today's question is nuts and seeds.

Are there any that are preferred or recommended or are they all okay and why?

Fabulous question, a common question that we get from class participants and clients. So overall, I think for most individuals, any nuts or seeds can be incorporated into a healthy, real food diet.

There's many different benefits to nuts and seeds, which I'll explain as we go today.

And I really recommend trying to get a variety of them because each nut and seed does offer different different nutrients and

different nutritional benefits. So clinically, you know, we do see some individuals that react

to nuts and seeds and peanuts and cashews, I would say, are the most common. Of course, there are true nut allergies and

true peanut allergies out there as well. But again, I think for the majority of people getting a

variety of nuts and seeds into their diet is a great thing and offers many benefits. So some of the benefits of

nuts and seeds, you know, most of them are a really good source of fiber. Many of them are high

in a type of fat called mono-unsaturated fat. And mono-unsaturated fats help with weight loss. A lot of research shows that they help to reduce

the risk of heart disease, improve insulin sensitivity, which means that the glucose is able to get

into the cell easier. And then those mono-unsaturated fats can also reduce inflammation. So many benefits there.

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