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The definitive guide to nuts.

Of all primal approved food categories, none is more bedeviling to even seasoned followers of the

lifestyle than nuts. The questions never end. What is a nut? When you've got all these nut-like

genospirms, droops, and legumes masquerading as nuts, what even qualifies as an actual nut? Does it even

matter? Or phytic acid? Is it or isn't it a

problem? And soaking. Am I supposed to soak every type of nut? Just some nuts or none of them? Aren't nuts

really high in omega-6s, which we are supposedly trying to limit or at least balance with our omega-3 intake?

How do we reconcile that conflict? Why is hazelnut one word while pine nut is too? I'm out of breath,

but this is a fairly representative sample of the nut-related questions I receive from readers.

It is confusing, so today I'm going to give you the definitive guide to nuts. After today's

post, you'll have a solid grasp on which nuts you should and maybe

shouldn't be eating. Almond's. Remember when you discovered almond meal? Suddenly the world got a

whole lot bigger and brighter. You cranked out primal pancakes, cupcakes, cookies. You dusted chunks of chicken

with powdered almonds before plopping them into hot oil to produce a chicken nugget that even

Lauren Cordane would begrudgingly accept. And then you gained some weight back. And your stomach

felt kind of funny. And you started worrying about your poofa ratios.

So, the almond meal got thrown out and the sack of raw almonds soon followed.

But wait, almonds themselves aren't the problem. Your inability to moderate your use of almond meal

is the problem. Give almonds another chance.

In one ounce of almonds, there's 163 calories, 6 grams of carbs, 3.5 grams of fiber, 14 grams

of fat which breaks down to 8.8 grams mufa, 3.4 grams linoleic acid, and 1.1 gram saturated fatty acid.

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