On Thursday, February 7, 2013 5:00:35 PM UTC-6, Steve Freides wrote:
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> > On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 11:55:58 -0800 (PST), Bryan
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> >> On Thursday, February 7, 2013 1:36:25 PM UTC-6, Steve Freides wrote:
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> >>> Nuts are good for you. Almonds have a great nutritional profile.
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> >> Yes they do. So do pecans, macadamias, hazelnuts ans cashews.
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> > Mwoah.
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> > "[Macadania nuts] have the highest amount of monounsaturated fats of
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> > any known seed and contain approximately 22% of omega-7 palmitoleic
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> > acid,[8] which has biological effects similar to saturated fat."
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> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadamia)
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> And you think this is bad - why?
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Well, the effect on plasma lipids appears to be quite negative-
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8006520
Generally, it's 18 carbons, good; 16 carbons (and 14 and to a lesser extent,
12), bad.
It seems like there is quite a bit of buzz out there about the benefits
of palmitoleic acid-
http://www.lipidworld.com/content/10/1/120
It seems that palmitoleic as a free fatty acid in the bloodstream was
beneficial, but in the mouse study, the palmitoleic was injected, and
I didn't read anything about how much of the palmitoleic is converted into palmitic by the liver. This is real-ass interesting.
Hey, did you see my cocoa butter snack post? I think one thing is for sure
now; the 18 carbon saturated fat, stearic acid, which cocoa butter is high in, is good stuff. It's not primarily the monounsaturated characteristic of high oleic oils that are so healthful, but the 18 carbon chain length, and it is
only the Omega-9 trans 18 carbon that is bad news--*really* bad news.
For now, the only thing that limits my consumption of macadamias is the cost. Raw macadamias are totally delicious, and the roasted ones are pretty good too.
IMO, the only nuts that are better cooked are cashews, which taste weird raw.
Peanuts and sunflower seeds--neither of which are nuts--also need to be cooked to taste good.
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--Bryan