Nuts and seeds like cashews, pistachios, and walnuts often get a bad rap for their high fat and calorie content. Yet, as you know from reading Early to Rise, they are among the best foods for igniting metabolism and controlling hunger. Even better than that, nuts and seeds can help protect against three major diseases.
Unlike sugary snacks, nuts and seeds do not spike blood sugar or the fat-storing hormone insulin. Why is this important? As insulin surges into the blood, it removes two anti-aging substances – growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor. Worse, excess blood levels of insulin lead to obesity, heart disease, and Type II diabetes. So choosing snacks – like nuts and seeds – that keep your insulin in check can actually help ward off these three health disasters
[Ed. Note: Shane Ellison is an author, organic chemist, and contributor to ETR's free natural health newsletter. Learn more about how you can beat obesity, heart disease, and diabetes with Shane's AM-PM Fat Loss Discovery package.]
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