It's time to go nuts for nuts! While dieters face the major question of going nuts for nuts or not, eating pistachios can whittle your waist claims one Nutritional study. Yes, they are laden with fats, but the experts are quick to point out that the fats in these nuts are healthy monounsaturated. These fats are much needed by your body to control cholesterol and absorb the fat soluble nutrients that your food provides. These fats also regulate glucose metabolism and release of blood sugar which prevent frequent sugar crashes. Indeed, a good news for the diabetic or diabetes-prone dieters.
Besides this, the nuts contain ample amount of fiber, to be precise it has one of the highest dietary fiber count of any nut and a dieter known very well the importance of fiber in the diet. Pistachios have been clinically proven to prevent weight gain with age. So no more muffins tops and an enlarged waist once you age. Pistachios are also low- calorie nuts, provided you don’t fall for the salted ones. Stacked with proteins especially arginine amino acid, it can improve your blood flow during exercise and improve your overall performance. These tiny powerful nutritional punch are a wealth of vitamins and minerals.
So remember when the mid-meal munchies come on strong, stave off the chips or candies are reach for a handful of pistachios instead. While these greenish nuts are delicious to be consumed directly as snacks, you are free to give a nutritional punch to your foods by adding these nuts. These nuts can go well with your smoothies, porridge, salads and even sauces and marinades. You can even go further and cook a tasty and nutritious pistachios butter. Not sure how these nuts inside the shell turned out to be so delicious, but for sure their flavor is totally addictive. So, don’t go overboard and have more than a handful. It will serve no purpose. Eat just enough to calm the stomach rumble.
It’s time to snap out the myth of pistachios related to weight gain, and go nuts over healthy nutty snacking. Snack Smart!