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Eat Brazil Nuts With Abandon for Your Bones!

brazil nutsYou know those cans of "mixed nuts?" They're the ones that have the pull top lid and inside there's supposed to be this mix of almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, and walnuts. The thing is, more than half the contents are those teeny tiny peanuts that have that annoying red skin that tastes like toilet paper, and the rest of the less-than-half is everything else. And right there on top, if you happen to be the lucky person to actually open the can, are the all of two giant, deliciously oily Brazil nuts. The thing is, you never eat the Brazil nuts because, well, they're like basically solid pieces of nutty fat.

Well! Make sure that next time you open that can, steal those Brazil nuts for yourself because the giant nuts have 544 micrograms of the mineral selenium per ounce, and recently released research (November) says that low levels of selenium contribute to osteoarthritis. We don't want osteoarthritis now, do we?!?

And if you're shy about popping nuts straight up (I'm not), you can make Brazil nut-crusted pork chops, a fruitcake with Brazil nuts, or cookies.

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Tags: appetizers, arthritis, brazil nuts, dessert, dinner, hors doeuvres, lunch, nuts, seeds, selenium, south america

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Berkana

1-13-2006 @6:25AM Berkana said... The peanuts that they sell at Ranch 99 Chinese markets, which are wok toasted, also have the red skins, but the skins are tight against the flesh of the nuts rather than being papery and flaky, the nuts are much oiler, and way tastier than any nuts I've had from the American peanut varieties. Now if only they would use fine sea salt rather than that nasty iodized salt. . .
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Jonathan Harford

1-13-2006 @10:45AM Jonathan Harford said... Dude.



How do you know what toilet paper tastes like?
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yelena

1-22-2006 @12:22AM yelena said... i also heard that selenium helps get rid of dandruff. isn't it one of the main ingredients in head and shoulders or one of those other dandruff busting shampoos?
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