Sport Almonds. Healthy snack or healthy to a point?

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So I love almonds. I always watch my diet and i work out regularly but i love to snack on almonds, besides, they have 6 grams of protein per serving of 1/4 cup. This is where the problem comes in, i might eat 1/4 cup each time but i might go at them 3 or 4 times a day. My concern is the other nutritional information of almonds:

Per serving of 1/4 cup:
Calories - 170
Calories from fat - 130
Total Fat - 15g
Saturated Fat - 1g

Im sure its healthy to eat almonds in small quantities, but if i eat a cup a day and consume 680 calories and 4 grams of saturated fat, is this doing more harm than good? I dont eat junk food and i rarely cheat on my diet but i want to know whether almonds go on the junk food or the health food list.
 
As long as no one is eating my nuts (and I mean peanuts, okay?), its all good.........He, he :)

Almonds are great! Just like peanuts are great (and the more natural type of peanut butter........such as:

Smuckers......):

Just eat the F@CKERS! Insert smiley! :) As long as its SMUCKERS and makes your mouth PUCKER your fitness level will never be a SUCKER! :)

oh..I am better now....I think....he,he :)

Yes, eat nuts they are good for you. They contain mono and polyunsaturated fats that are good to have in the diet.

Be careful with them if you are on a restrictive diet as they are calorie dense. I guess our maker became nuts when he made the nut, oh well. :)

Walnuts are the KING....but they are all good!


Best wishes


Chillen
 
Along this vein, are almonds and peanuts very different nutritionally? I eat all natural Almond Butter instead of Peanut Butter. Is it better, worse, or probably the same? I also have Cashew Butter which is yummy :D
 
Almond nutrition from the nut farm (;)) (its the name of the site, be quiet!) :) :





Peanut nutrition:






Hope this helps!

Best wishes


Chillen
 
nuts are very calorie dense so you may just want to watch that.

I eat all types. Almonds and walnuts are the best. I have a bag of almonds at my desk that I snack on throughout the day but not more than about 1/2 cup per day.
 
I was wondering about nuts also as I've had a real craving for cashews lately. You wanna make healthy choices but there is a nagging thing constantly saying, "they are fattening".....all things in moderation is usually ok.

Chillen: why be self-fish with you nuts lol :p
 
Nuts are generally good for you, but are calorie dense, so you have to be careful if you are limiting calories to cut body fat.
 
yummi_mummy said:
I was wondering about nuts also as I've had a real craving for cashews lately. You wanna make healthy choices but there is a nagging thing constantly saying, "they are fattening".....all things in moderation is usually ok.

Chillen: why be self-fish with you nuts lol :p
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I would share them with you, anytime. ;)

Now, if we are speaking Natural Peanut Butter....better sharpen your debate skills......:)


Best wishes to you young lady......wish you the best.


Chillen
 
I'm allergic to nuts so i normally snack on sunflower seeds instead. Are these as good for you?
 
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