Enjoy a handful of nuts a day for good health
So many people think eating healthy means they need to cut some foods, especially desserts, out of their diet. But I am a big advocate of adding healthier foods to your diet. I like my desserts and I am not cutting them out of my diet. But I also have a very healthy diet. One can add some very simple healthy habits to their day and start to eat healthier. One very easy way to eat healthier is to add a handful of nuts to your day. Why a handful? Because you don’t want to eat the entire can and a handful provides a lot of nutrients without piling on the calories. I always tell the students in my class that Dr. Oz recommends a handful of nuts a day for good health. What is so healthy about eating some nuts every day? Healthy fats – yes, nuts have fat in them. But the different fats in nuts are heart healthy fats. Nuts provide the good omega-3 fats but are low in the saturated fats that are linked to heart disease. In fact, the Mayo Clinic notes: “Eating nuts as pa