Nuts

[Klocky]

Walnuts are probably the best, but peanuts and cashews are fine too. They have the 'right' kind of fat in them, but you do need to avoid having too much salt and they are also high in calories. Ialso read recently that almonds are good for you:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...nt-diabetes-heart-disease-say-scientists.html

According to my friend at work, her father, who has type 2 diabetes, eats 5 almonds a day doused in lemon juice and it helps to control his levels. She says this is quite a traditional Asian home remedy for diabetics. I've not tried it myself yet though.

 

[Steff]

Well the nut thing is going well, i've now moved on to walnuts Carina despite saying I was not keen lol 🙄

 

[Northerner]

According to my friend at work, her father, who has type 2 diabetes, eats 5 almonds a day doused in lemon juice and it helps to control his levels. She says this is quite a traditional Asian home remedy for diabetics. I've not tried it myself yet though.

Lemon juice with food helps lower the GI of food, so that makes a lot of sense. 🙂

 

[Tezzz]

I was going to say try Almonds as there was something in the paper about it. Northerner beat me to it. Also can help with cholesterol levels too.

 

[Liz!]

Peanuts are not nuts and are not particularly good for you. They are often infected with aflotoxins, they infected very easily, and these are so awful for you i just avoid them!

The very, very best nuts are macademia nuts. Then almonds. Brazil nuts are good too.

 

[donnarob]

I think nuts are great, they're packed full of nutrients and make a great snack food. I like to scatter them over thick Greek yoghurt and topped with toasted seeds like flaxseed, pumpkin and flaked almonds.

Donna 🙂

 

[Stu777]

I eat a few good handfulls of KP salted nuts as a snack mid afternoon or some bread sticks dipped in crunchy peanut butter and has little effect on my blood sugars,and i dont carry much weight so the fat content isnt really an issue.

 

[chaoticcar]

@D-G
I coat almonds in very dark choc ,melt choc in micro for about 20seconds and dip almonds ,allow to cool and harden ( if you can wait !)
CAROL

 

[Vince_UK]

Lemon juice with food helps lower the GI of food, so that makes a lot of sense. 🙂

I Know this is a very old Thread and found it while browsing. This actually seems an excellent suggestion. I usually put a little lemon juice on fish, smoked salmon etc. without realising the benefits.
Wondering what else I could include it in other than nuts which I am not a great fan of.

 

[Radders]

Pecans are my favourite.

 

[Sally W]

Thanks for that David. It's a shame that marzipan probably doesn't count - I used to love it! 🙂

I made some marzipan yesterday. Trouble was it mixed into cake rather than remaining in blobs like it used to before after cooking . Might have to add it to top of cake or make petit fours

 

[Beck S]

If I'm going for non-salted nuts, then almonds are the only ones I like. They're good though.

 

[Maz2]

I thought all nuts were fine as long as they were not salted or had anything else added to them. Cashews are higher in carbs so I suppose not too many of them. I snack on them but I think you are not supposed to have too many if you want to lose weight.

 

[Drummer]

Not all the things which are called nuts are actually nuts - it is a good idea to check which are the low carb ones, as that can mean that a serving will need a small bowl to hold it, or an egg cup...
Also beware of mixes which contain dried fruit as that is really high in sugar, or odd bits of crunchy stuff as it could be mostly carbs.

 

[Browser]

I am partial to peanuts and tolerate them quite well. Unsalted nuts don’t seem to be readily available so I buy large packs of salted nuts, rinse them in running cold water in a sieve and then spread them out on baking trays to dry in a warm oven for ten minutes.

 

[Mark T]

I tend to combine Walnuts with low fat yogurt as my breakfast. Occasionally I use Pecans instead.

I like Brazil Nuts but they seem to be about 1/3rd carb and can send me higher. Brazil nuts are radioactive too didn't you know 🙂

The other one I like adding occasionally are pistachio's.