{"id":386,"date":"2009-11-11T09:11:40","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T09:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/11\/is-eating-nuts-nutty.html"},"modified":"2009-11-11T09:11:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T09:11:40","slug":"is-eating-nuts-nutty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/11\/is-eating-nuts-nutty.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Eating Nuts Nutty?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While on a car trip the other day, we stopped at a gas station and my friend went into the adjacent convenience store and bought a small bag of nuts and yogurt-covered raisins.  It looked really good.  I wanted some too.<\/p>\n

I was about to buy myself a pack, but I decided to look on the nutritional facts label first.  A couple of handfuls of the nutty mix was 720 calories!  That’s almost a full day’s worth of calories for someone who is on a weight loss program (if you’re on a 1,000 calorie-a-day program)<\/p>\n

There was a high fat count, too, some 21 grams of fat in that little package.<\/p>\n

I have always thought that nuts are a good snack; a healthy choice.  Nuts carry protein, have unsaturated fats, and are crunchy-chewy and delicious.  They are, however, high in calories.  Many little pre-packed bags of nuts don’t carry a nutritional facts label, I was glad this one did. (Interesting the word “nut” is buried in the word Nutrition, huh?)<\/p>\n

So the lesson for me was to just have a taste of my friend’s nuts, not eat a whole bag.  It’s too easy to down a bag in a couple of gulps.  I would have been too easy to eat so many calories.<\/p>\n

REVISED, Sunday, Nov. 15 — Thanks, commenters!  I do occasionally have some nuts, and agree they’re pretty healthy in small quantities.<\/p>\n

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Please join me at my upcoming “Experiencing the Divine” weekend retreat in western Massachusetts, at Kripalu Yoga and Health Center.<\/a>  Let’s give our problems to God, together, in Kripalu’s peaceful and lovely atmosphere of joy and happiness.?<\/p>\n

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