My Mixed Nuts has everything from raw nuts to dried fruit to raw seeds so that guests can make a completely custom trail or nut mix that is 100% raw. The featured mix called Raw Goodness Trail Mix is also a great option to
fulfill the dietary needs of a raw diet. It's made with cashews, sunflower seeds, pistachio nuts, walnuts, pecans, macadamias, and hazelnuts, where each ingredient is all organic, all natural, all raw and all satisfying.
To learn how to create your own custom raw trail mix, check out these tips from nutpacker extraordinaire, Susan Colby: http://www.mymixednuts.com/blogs/design-a-custom-trail-mix-tips
Enjoy!
Additionally, My Mixed Nuts will be donating 10% from every order to the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charity of America's National Parks. As advocates of healthy eating, the My Mixed Nuts team felt it was a natural fit to partner with NPF - an organization that also supports and encourages healthy and active lifestyles through its development of the active trails program: http://www.nationalparks.org/npf-at-work/our-programs/active-trails/
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Peanuts, almonds and more are good -- and good for you
By Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, LD
WebMD Weight Loss Clinic - Expert Column
Many weight-conscious people shudder at the idea of nuts as part of a healthy diet. For years, dieters have shunned nuts because of their high fat content. Well, you can forget everything you ever heard about nuts, and delight in knowing they are now considered health food! The key to including the great taste of nuts in a healthy diet without overdoing the fat and calories is portion control.
Even the government is leaning toward allowing a health claim on food packages touting the nutritious benefits of nuts. The Food and Drug Administration is now reviewing a proposal that would allow foods containing nuts to carry this label: "Diets containing one ounce of nuts per day can reduce your risk of heart disease."
An Ounce of Prevention
Several studies over the past several years have shown the health benefits of nuts -- which contain monounsaturated fat, vitamin E, folic acid, magnesium, copper, protein, and fiber, and are rich in antioxidant phytochemicals.
They are a powerhouse of good nutrition that can dramatically reduce the risk of heart disease. They've also been shown to play an important role in helping to lower "bad" cholesterol levels and raise "good" cholesterol levels. In addition, they can help dilate blood vessels and prevent hardening of the arteries.
In the Nurses Health Study, which followed 86,016 nurses for 14 years, found those who ate 5 ounces or more of nuts per week reduced their risk of dying from heart disease by 35%. The researchers also noted that the nut-eaters tended to weigh less than the nurses who did not eat nuts.
Dieter's Dream Come True
To find a food that is delicious, nutritious and filling is a dieter's dream come true. Dieters who eat nuts tend to stick to their diets because the fat and fiber content of nuts makes them very filling. As a result, they are not as hungry and ultimately eat less.
Several studies have found that eating small amounts of nuts helps dieters lose weight. One psychological benefit noted in a study done by Pennsylvania State researchers was that dieters did not feel like they were dieting when nuts were allowed in their eating plans -- which helped them stay on their diets longer.
So here's some food for thought for all our WebMD Weight Loss Clinic members: Are nuts in your eating plan? If not, consider creating a new plan and indicate your preference for nuts or peanut butter on the questionnaire. This will result in an eating plan that includes nuts without extra calories.
Nuts might be considered health food, but that's not a license to overindulge. When you add nuts to your diet, you add calories along with the health benefits. So it's important to decrease calories from other sources to avoid weight gain. Our program prescribes nuts within the context of a healthy diet to give you the health benefits without the extra calories.
A one-ounce serving of nuts contains between 160 and 200 calories, most of which come from the heart-healthy monounsaturated fat. Nuts are also very high in dietary fiber, and are one of the best plant sources of protein.
Most nuts are consumed on their own, by the handful, which can be dangerous. This is the kind of food that often leads to "eating amnesia" --- hand to mouth without much thought -- and can easily lead to consuming lots of extra calories.
Avoid mindless eating by pre-portioning your nuts in small bags for a great snack to take on the go or to the office. Choose nuts in the shell and you'll probably eat fewer since it takes time to crack them. Or take one handful and put the package away.
Your goal is to eat nuts instead of other sources of fat like cakes, cookies, or chips. You won't feel deprived when you top your apple or celery slices with peanut butter!
"Nuts are very high in dietary fiber, and are one of the best plant sources of protein"
Here are some ways to add healthy "nut" fat to your diet:
- Top hot or cold cereal with nuts for a nourishing breakfast.
- Sprinkle almonds on top of yogurt.
- Add peanuts to nonfat frozen yogurt.
- Use fat-free salad dressing and add nuts to your salads.
- Use nuts to replace croutons in salads or soups.
- Bring pasta to life by sprinkling it with chopped nuts.
- Remember that slivered almonds do wonders with everything from chicken to desserts.
- Add nuts to bread, pancakes, waffles, or muffins.
- Mix nuts into lite cream cheese for a delicious spread.
- Add nuts to popcorn for a tasty snack.
- Add great flavor to steamed veggies with a handful of nuts.
- Toast nuts to enhance the flavor. Bake for 5-10 minutes in a 350-degree oven
How Calories in Nuts Add Up
small handful of nuts is about 1 ounce. Here's how many calories that will add up to for various types of nuts:
| Dry roasted peanuts, regular (30 nuts) | 170 |
| Dry roasted peanuts, unsalted (30 nuts) | 160 |
| Cocktail peanuts (30 nuts) | 170 |
| Honey-roasted peanuts (30) | 150 |
| Almonds (24) | 160 |
| Brazil nuts (7) | 170 |
| Cashews (20) | 170 |
| Walnuts (14) | 180 |
| Pistachios, shelled (47) | 170 |
| Pecans (20 halves) | 190 |
| Macadamia nuts (11) | 200 |
Eating as little as one ounce of nuts per day can provide you with all the health benefits. So do it, go nuts!
By JEAN WISE
The Bryan Times
Want some nutrition in a nutshell? Pick up the “All American Nut” — the pecan.Not only is this favorite nut tasty, but pecans also are a great source of antioxidants, fiber, protein, and other vitamins and minerals.
“Pecans are rated as the No. 1 nut with the highest antioxidant capacity,” said Michelle Price, Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers dietitian. “They are a lean source of protein and heart-healthy source of fat and high in fiber.”
Pecans are loaded with natural antioxidants. In fact, researchers found pecans have the most antioxidant capacity of any other nut, and nuts are among the top category of foods in terms of the highest antioxidant capacity.
Adding a handful of pecans to your diet each day may help inhibit unwanted oxidation of blood lipids, thus helping to prevent heart disease. Researchers suggest this positive effect is in part due to the pecans' significant content of vitamin E — a natural antioxidant.
Pecans contain more than 19 vitamins and minerals, including vitamin A, vitamin E, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, several B vitamins and zinc.
One ounce of pecans provides 10 percent of the recommended daily value for fiber.
Pecans also are a natural, high-quality source of protein that contains very few carbohydrates and no cholesterol.
Researchers from Northwestern University in Chicago found in laboratory tests that oleic acid has the ability to suppress the activity of a gene in cells thought to trigger breast cancer.
While this area of study is still in its early stages, the researchers say it could eventually translate into a recommendation to eat more foods rich in oleic acid, like pecans and olive oil.
“The recommended portion is one ounce per day, which is approximately the amount that would fit into the palm of your hand,” Price said. “They supply approximately 195 calories per ounce, so that is why you don't want to go overboard.”
Pecans are traditionally associated with “holiday food.” However, pecans have many uses in our diet year-round as well.
“Pecans make an excellent topping for salads, hot and cold cereals, fruit and yogurt parfaits or make them into a snack mix with dry cereals, dry fruits, pretzels and pecans,” Price said.
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**All numbers based on one serving size (1 oz.)
Annie Banana Trail Mix: One of Annie's latest healthy creations: Raw almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, goji berries, raisins and lots of bananas!
Partial Nutrition Facts:
Total Carbohydrate - 4g
Dietary Fiber - 2g
Sugars - 6g
Bad Dad Trail Mix: Bad Dad is full of the goodies he loves and are low carb! The mix includes: organic gogi berries, peanut M&M's, chocolate espresso beans, organic dark chocolate chips, organic banana chips, honey roasted peanuts, organic jelly beans, roasted pecans and smoked almonds.
Partial Nutrition Facts:
Total Carbohydrate - 2g
Dietary Fiber - 15g
Sugars - 15g
Mom's Special Stash Trail Mix: Mom always knows what’s best - even when it comes to making the finest trail mix. It features organic dark chocolate chips, roasted cashews, organic blueberries, organic banana chips, roasted macadamia nuts, roasted pecans and raw pistachios.
Partial Nutrition Facts:
Total Carbohydrate - 4g
Dietary Fiber - 8g
Sugars - 7g
Nuts for Organic Nut Mix: This organic nut mix is chock full of only the finest nuts My Mixed Nuts could find. You'll love the healthy blend of roasted almonds and peanuts, raw cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
Partial Nutrition Facts:
Total Carbohydrate - 6g
Dietary Fiber - 3g
Sugars - 2g
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