Today I’m going to spread some love, not with chocolate like last year, but with some heart healthy nuts. Do we really need candy and big heavy meals to show our loved ones that we care? No, of course not! After finally getting some space and perspective between us and the last long holiday season (October 31st through January 1st), now is not time to blow it all on some foil covered heart shaped treats! Unless of course it is really really fabulous, and then I urge you to indulge in moderation!
Try treating your loved ones (friends, family, co-workers, employees, neighbors, postal worker, and whoever else you may love) to some nuts. You may have heard the news lately about this study (Association of Nut Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality) published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study showed an inverse association between nut consumption and total mortality among both women and men as well as inverse associations between nut consumption and deaths due to cancer, heart disease, and respiratory disease. What does that mean? In a nutshell (sorry, couldn’t help it) it means that the people in the study who regularly ate nuts had lower rates of death.
Give the gift of nuts (and health) to those you love today and enjoy – in moderation of course! Happy Valentine’s Day!
