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| 7s | Nuts have been getting a lot of attention these days as a dieter's best friend |
| 12s | Studies have found that you can snack on modest amounts without gaining pounds |
| 17s | and that nuts can even help you slim down |
| 20s | |
| 22s | since cashes, almonds, and their legume pal, the peanut |
| 25s | are loaded with fat and calories |
| 28s | Even more per ounce than many popular snacks |
| 31s | So I paid a visit to a nut expert, Rick Mattis of Purdue University, |
| 35s | to find out just what's in them? |
| 38s | Turns out they're chalk full of protein, healthy unsaturated fats, |
| 41s | |
| 44s | which seems to all work together to cause you to feel full |
| 48s | so you have a better chance of not eating too many |
| 51s | but here's where it gets really interesting: |
| 52s | Studies are showing that nuts can cause you to eat less the rest of the day |
| 57s | which makes up for as much as 1/3 of their calories |
| 61s | Also as much as 1/5 of their fat passes right through your body |
| 65s | This is where in a commercial I'd start talking really fast |
| 69s | You shouldn't eat more than a handul of nuts a day |
| 71s | |
| 72s | No one yet knows if nuts make you feel full when added to things like candy bars |
| 76s | and it's not yet clear how many people will find nuts exciting enough |
| 81s | to avoid eating junkie snacks |
| 84s | That is how weight loss diets commonly fail |
| 86s | We get bored and abandon them |
| 89s | So Mattis is having people snack on nuts every day for three months |
| 93s | and sliding his subjects into an MRI |
| 95s | to see if theri brains get any more or less excited |
| 99s | He's hoping to see people so happy to be noshing on nuts |
| 102s | that the pleasure centers of their brains keep lighting up with activity |
| 106s | That would mean the lowly nut just might help us with those heavy holiday meals |
