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How to Create a nut Diet Plan

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Improving our health could be as simple as adding nuts to our diet. Nuts provide fiber, potassium, vitamin E, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids, known for either fighting high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease or many cancers. Both men and women benefit when incorporating these powerhouses into their diet. Peanuts alone have been a mainstay of both the Mediterranean and the vegetarian diet plans because of their good fat benefits.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Create a nut diet plan that works for you by selecting your favorites. Choose from the favored almonds, cashews and peanuts to the less mainstream walnuts, filberts, pistachios and Brazil nuts.

  2. Step 2

    Eat nuts in moderation because they're high in calories. A handful, the equivalent of a 1-oz. serving size, is more than enough to reap the rewards of their healthful benefits.

  3. Step 3

    Aid weight loss by including peanuts, peanut butter or peanut oil in your diet. Even a nut diet plan as simple as this enhances dieting through flavor and nutritional benefits.

  4. Step 4

    Substitute nuts for unhealthy snacks. Drop those bags of chips and pretzels in favor of a healthy serving of nuts. Your nut diet plan best serves you by replacing high-carb, salty and fried snacks with the better alternative of unsalted, nonfried nuts.

  5. Step 5

    Shop for healthy foods containing nuts. The Food and Drug Administration approved a special logo so we can identify heart-healthy foods. Many of these products contain nuts because of their cholesterol-lowering agents.

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