June 2024. Listen here: And available everywhere you listen to podcasts: https://pod.link/thehealthyhandful About this episode Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of Australia’s biggest health challenges – being a major cause of illness, disability and mortality. Around three in four Australians are at risk of developing CVD, and in 2023, it ranked fourth in terms of … Continue reading Episode 44 – Lifestyle tips for preventing CVD
A major new review (1) shows regularly eating nuts, as part of a healthy diet, positively impacts a range of biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, to create an overall CVD risk reduction. A total of 153 articles, describing 139 randomised controlled trials (81 parallel design and 58 cross-over design) were included in the … Continue reading Nuts and cardiovascular disease: What does the science say?
April 2023. About this episode We speak with Emeritus Professor Linda Tapsell for a deep dive into a topic close to our heart: nuts and blood lipids. She summarises the findings from the body of scientific evidence, and explains exactly how nuts impacts blood lipids, the ideal amount to eat, and the types of nuts … Continue reading Episode 30 – Nuts and blood lipids
September 2022. About this episode: We speak with Lily Henderson from the Heart Foundation of New Zealand on their recently-updated position statement on nuts, seeds and heart health. Research supporting the role of nuts for heart health has gained significant momentum since the publication of the landmark Adventist Health Study in 1992. The body of … Continue reading Episode 23 – Nuts, seeds and heart health
May 2022. About this episode: In Europe, and in the US, regulators have approved the use of health claims for walnuts improving endothelial function, and for macadamias reducing the risk of heart disease, respectively. Yet to date, no such ‘food-health relationship’ claim has been approved for use in Australia by Food Standards Australia New Zealand … Continue reading Episode 19 – Nuts and CVD
Nuts have cemented their place within heart-healthy eating patterns. Their cholesterol-lowering power is, in part, due to their phytosterol content. But what are phytosterols? And how do they benefit health? Did you know? Nuts contain high amounts of phytosterols. They’re also excellent sources of healthy fats, and contain vitamin E, folate, antioxidants and arginine – … Continue reading Phytosterols in nuts
A high intake of the heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), may significantly lower our risk of dying. But how much ALA do we need and what are the best food sources? Spoiler: walnuts are one of the few plant foods rich in ALA! Omega-3s in a nutshell Omega-3 fatty acids (also called omega-3 … Continue reading Omega-3 fatty acids in nuts
The daily habit of a handful of nuts offers some major health benefits! We’d love you to download and share our nuts and health infographics. Please credit all with ‘Image courtesy of Nuts for Life’. Latest infographics Other infographics A Healthy Handful Daily infographics
We answer your top 10 most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about nuts, and bust some nut myths along the way! Should you avoid nuts if you’re trying to lose weight? No. Decades of research shows that regularly eating nuts is not linked with weight gain. Eating a handful of nuts (30g) each day can actually … Continue reading Top 10 Nut FAQs
February 2021. About this episode: The momentum for nuts and heart health initially started following the publication of a landmark study in 1992: ‘A possible protective effect of nut consumption on risk of coronary heart disease’. This concluded that regular nut eaters had half the risk of heart disease, compared to those who didn’t eat nuts. … Continue reading Episode 4 – Nuts and heart health
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