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Health-related questions (*)
How can I include nuts and dried fruit into my normal diet?
There are many different nuts and dried fruit that we can enjoy in a balanced diet: walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, pine kernels, pecan nuts and cashew nuts.
By introducing these nuts and dried fruit in to our diets we can help increase its variety and enrichment.
We can also use many different nuts and dried fruits in dishes and recipes:
- We can obtain exquisite first courses by adding raw nuts and dried fruit to salads. Some ideas are “apple and walnut salad” or a cold rice, prawn and nut and dried fruit salad".
- We can also use them to prepare different types of sauces, such as Romesco sauce or sautéed with chopped nuts and dried fruit.
- We can also use nuts and dried fruit to accompany first and second courses: “Spinach with raisins and pine kernels”, “rice with walnut and Roquefort cheese sauce”, sole with nuts and dried fruit",...
- We can enrich our desserts with nuts and dried fruit preparing a dessert of “yoghourt with walnuts and hazelnuts”, “walnuts with chocolate”, or the postre del músico or the musician’s dessert with pine kernels and raisins, among many others.
Apart from including the nuts and dried fruit in meals and recipes, we can also eat them raw, roasted or salted as snacks to be had at breakfast, mid-morning, before lunch or for tea.
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Are nuts and dried fruit good for my health?
Does adding nuts and dried fruit to my diet mean making it more energetic? Can this cause me to put on weight?
What effects can eating nuts and dried fruit have on diabetic people?
What foodstuffs are good for reducing the level of cholesterol and sugar in the blood?
Why are peanuts and sunflower seeds not included in the list of nuts and dried fruit?
What are the differences between natural nuts and dried fruit, and roasted or fried nuts and dried fruit?
If they are roasted, can they lose any properties related to the protection from cardiovascular diseases?
Are any contraindications known related to eating nuts and dried fruit on a daily basis during pregnancy?
What is the best time of day to eat nuts and dried fruit?
Is there a limit to the consumption of nuts and dried fruit?
What substances does the shell or peel of nuts and dried fruit have?
(*) Source: European Snacks Association
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