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This is good news for anyone who likes pecans, since the nuts are often overlooked in favor of almonds and other nuts that are slightly lower in fat, although the majority of the fat in pecans is unsaturated.
If you want to get a few more pecans into your diet, try adding them to salads or eating a handful as a snack. For a slightly less healthy - but possibly more delicious - way to eat a few more pecans, try:
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10-03-2006 @12:39PM MJ said... Great to hear. Have a pecan tree and fresh off the tree taste worlds better. They are always bitter at the store. Have to roast them before eating when I buy them.
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10-03-2006 @7:03PM Adam Jaskiewicz said... Great news! I have been eating almonds, which I also love, mostly because I have heard how good almonds are for you, but haven't heard anything about pecans, which are my favourite nut. I'm going nuts over here!
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10-05-2006 @4:12PM Jon said... And what's also amazing is that the first phase of this research, published in the Sept. 2001 issue of "The Journal of Nutrition," found that eating a handful of pecans each day may help lower cholesterol levels -- similar to the effects seen with prescription drugs! This was apparently due to the pecan's high levels of unsaturated or "good" fats.
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10-06-2006 @2:57PM Doré said... That's awsome! However, It's too bad that the only recipes shown here are for sweets. I have a recipe for vegetarian burgers and another for vegetarian meat loaf and they both have pecans in them and they are wonderful. Even my husband loves them and he ate meat for over 50 years.
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10-06-2006 @3:02PM Jeannie Mullin said... I have a son living in Georgia who has been sending me five pounds of pecans every Christmas. Know I have really enjoyed having them for baking, but didn't realize they were so heart healthy. Now I am wondering about filberts which my daughter in Oregon has been sending to me.
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10-06-2006 @3:16PM Linda Bywaters said...
Do cashews have good nutrients???? I know it's not a nut. Right???
Does roasting nuts take away it's value ???
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10-06-2006 @3:25PM paulette said... Try eating pecans alternately with cheddar or other types of cheese. Delicious! Not sweet.
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10-06-2006 @6:08PM Anna Lee Rogers said... I have been eating almonds as a protein boost for years. I carry them in my purse and eat 6 or 7 to carry me over until I can eat lunch or dinner. It clears the "lack of protein fog" I get when I haven't had enough to eat. Adding pecans in my bag will be an added bonus. I was under the impression that most nuts were good for a protein boost but only almonds were the better choice.
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10-06-2006 @3:37PM Lenard Stephens said... Walnuts are good eating too.
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10-06-2006 @4:23PM PEPPA said... HOW'S A HANDFUL OF WALNUTS EVERY DAY? ARE THEY JUST GOOD FOR US IN THE SAME WAY ALMONDS AND PECANS ARE ? SURE WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I ALSO BUY RAW PEANUTS IN THE SHELL. WHAT'S THEIR VALUE, I WONDER? ALSO IS THE HEALTH VALUE BETTER FOR US IF WE DON'T ROAST THE NUTS ???? ANYONE HAVE SOME ANSWERES FOR ME ?? ;0)
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10-06-2006 @4:45PM Martha said... Having been born and raised in the deep south, pecans are most definitely a "hands down" favorite nut of choice! Holiday recipes and cooking...pecan pies, sweet potato casserole, fruitcakes, cookies, sugared pecans...just wouldn't be the same without them! Now...just so y'all know how to pronounce them...like "pe-cahns'"...accent on the last syllable, OK?! Enjoy!!!
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10-06-2006 @4:58PM Anne said... A good way to add pecans to your diet is to toss some on your salad!
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10-06-2006 @5:02PM Frances Moody said... I'm glad to hear the new news that pecans are good for the heart. I've been eating walnuts for the same reason, although I like pecans more. This is great. Which nut is best for the heart; almonds, pecans or walnuts? By the way, I HATE ALMONDS.
Frances
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10-06-2006 @6:39PM Rebecca said... yea!! The only nut I'm not allergic to!!!
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10-06-2006 @6:51PM Ruday Jo said... Wow! I knew pecans & some other nuts were heart healthy and am real glad to see this article with further info! I just wish pecans weren't so expensive and I'd buy them more often. I have a friend who sometimes buys a BIG bag at Sam's Club for me, but Sam's does not always have them.
Oh and I'm also wondering about cashews. Do they have the same nutritional value as pecans/other nuts?
Doré, I have never heard of using pecans in meat loaf or burgers. Cool if you would share your recipes in this forum? : )
Ms Weston, Thank you so much for the very informative article and recipes.
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10-06-2006 @7:13PM Lyn Hite said... What information do you have on Brazil Nuts ? Maybe all nuts are good.....and we are just to nutty to know it ??
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10-06-2006 @6:58PM André J. said... I am sure that Loma Linda U. conducted these tests on raw organic pecans. Cooking or toasting pecans will destroy much of the nutrients, hence, I eat them raw to get the most out of them. After saying that, I can't resist pecan pie al amode. If anyone out there know how to make southern pecan pie without cooking it please advise.
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10-06-2006 @6:58PM John said... I picked up a bag marked Pecans in the supermarket and found that there were no whole Pecans in the bag, just ground up, I assume, Pecans. What recipes call for ground Pecans? This supermarket had bags of them.
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10-06-2006 @7:02PM NancyTroyer said... I'd like to have that vegetarian meatloaf recipe with pecans that Dore' at 2:56pm Oct 6 talked about. Wonder if she'd post it. Let me know if you get her to do that. Pecans can be ground and used in meatball recipes, too, instead of meat. Yummy and healthful ... didn't realize just how healthful till now ... thank you! - Nan7banner@aol.com
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10-06-2006 @7:49PM Nanette Campbell said... I am a native Georgian with the high blood pressure, high cholesterol going on. Glad to hear the news about the pecan. As I always call them pee can. I havent had any in a while because when I start I can stop eating them. Will get back on my regiment real soon.
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