|People who eat one to two ounces of nuts five times or more each week have more than 50 percent fewer heart attacks than people who don’t. Nut eaters have fewer strokes and are less likely to develop nasty diseases like diabetes, gallstones, and dementia.
Brazil nuts may help prevent breast cancer.
A study of a group of nurses found that the ones who ate nuts were actually thinner than the ones who didn’t, in spite of nuts’ high fat content.
Nuts are a great source of good things like fiber, copper, magnesium, zinc, and vitamins.
Dr. George Washington Carver developed more than 300 uses for the peanut, including paint, cheese, and soap.
Michelangelo used walnut oil as a drying agent when he painted the Sistine Chapel.
Americans eat enough peanut butter to pave the Grand Canyon.
Nuts are delicious in cookies, breads, salads, or over desserts. They also make great dinner loaves.
It takes more than 300 pounds per square inch to break a macadamia nut shell, which is why these nuts are so expensive.
Cutting down on empty carbs? Nuts are loaded with protein and are naturally low in carbohydrates.
You knew President Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer, but I’ll bet you didn’t know Thomas Jefferson was too.
Peanuts are actually legumes (members of the bean family), not nuts.
Pecans were used by Native Americans as an important part of their diet.
Almonds are eaten by more people than any other tree nut.
People in ancient Rome used to throw almonds at weddings instead of rice. Can you say “Ouch!”?