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Default Why am I craving nuts?

On Thursday, February 7, 2013 6:49:54 PM UTC-6, John J wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 18:00:35 -0500, "Steve Freides" >
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> >John J 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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> Because saturated fat's bad for you.
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Steve F. knows so much more about fatty acids that you that it isn't even
funny. Few other than me can even engage in a reasonable discussion with
him about dietary fats. I disagree with him about certain saturated fats,
but those finer points are *way* beyond your knowledge set.
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> John


--Bryan