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Nuts to You!

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Many people avoid eating nuts because of their high caloric and fat content. The problem is, if you’re like most people, once you start eating them, you often can’t stop! But if you can exercise some self-control …the health benefits you derive from eating nuts may be well worth the effort!

How do nuts keep you healthy? Here are just a few of the ways:
  • Those who eat nuts on a daily basis are less likely to have a heart attack

  • Eating nuts lowers the risk of stroke and developing type 2 diabetes, advanced macular degeneration (a disease of the eye), dementia and gallstones

  • Those who eat nuts regularly add two years to their expected life expectancy

  • Nuts have relatively high levels of unsaturated fats and low levels of saturated fats which lower cholesterol levels and therefore, lowers your risk for heart disease

  • Nuts are rich in fiber, antioxidants and trace minerals

Studies show that eating one to two ounces of nuts each day provides the maximum benefit. What nuts are best? Experts suggest that almonds, peanuts, pine nuts, walnuts, pecans and hazelnuts seem to have the greatest heart-health benefits.

Many fear the weight-gain effects of nut consumption, but studies also show that those who eat nuts are usually a bit thinner than those who rarely eat them. In fact, there is even a diet, detailed in a book written by Holly McCord, titled The Peanut Butter Diet, touted as a great way to slim down while eating something that tastes great. (Sounds like a nutty idea!)

So add some nuts to your daily diet--unless of course you're one of the growing number of people allergic to nuts!

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Dr. Erica Asks some important questions of interest to North Houston residents - Chiropractor North Houston Dr. Erica Asks...

What's the difference between sick care and health care?
Sick care is largely about relieving or suppressing symptoms. Health care is about improving performance. While sick care is about how you feel, health care is about how you function. Sick care is what you do to treat an obvious problem, and health care is what you do to avoid the problem and advance your well-being.
What is the purpose of pain?
Pain prompts many North Houston folks to begin chiropractic care. But pain isn't the problem! Pain is just how your body alerts you that a limit has been reached (or exceeded), that something isn't working right and that some type of change is needed. As a chiropractor, my job is finding the underlying cause and recommending the changes needed to bring your body back into balance.