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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Eat Away The Holiday Stress
When the pressure of the holiday season mounts, don't reach for chocolate or potato chips to soothe your soul. There are many other choices you can have such as a serving of sweet and salty pistachio nuts, instead.
Why? A recent study found that eating a serving of pistachios per day lowered the body's negative response to stress. Talk about the ultimate comfort food!
Pistachios are packed with copper, magnesium, potassium, and B vitamins, all of which strengthen your immune system. At the same time, the nuts are high in monounsaturated (or good) fat, which supports good heart health and helps reduce "bad" cholesterol.
A one ounce serving of dry roasted, salted pistachios (about 49 kernels) weighs in at 162 calories, 13 grams of fat, 1.6 of that saturated, 115 mg sodium, 7.8 g carbs, 2.9 g fiber, and 6.1 g of protein and provides 10% of the daily requirements of dietary fiber, magnesium, copper, phosphorous, and B vitamins.
Besides all of the healthy reasons, the fact is, they taste good as well.
Posted by HoodiaPharm HungerAway ::
6:34 AM ::
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