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Are walnuts "healthier" than peanuts?

Most evenings I make a chia see pudding with some type of milk, ideally a local fruit, and a type of nut.

My thinking is walnuts are healthier because they're higher in healthy fat and lower in carbs.

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Macadamia's have the highest percent of healthy fat which is great.

They're very expensive though in most places. I'll have to move to Hawaii or wait for the supercycle.

I like walnuts because of their balance between higher than most nuts healthy fat and not as expensive as macadamias and pecans usually.

South Africa & China also produce quite a lot of them. If you don't get macadamias you should at the least "activate" walnuts and other not so gut friendly nuts..

That's a fun fact about South Africa and China. I didn't know that!

I've heard about this  about soaking | activating a number of times now over the past 10 years so finally doing a quick search. I'd be open to testing it out if there's evidence of it's benefit.

I'm not sure that there's clinical evidence though.

That's a fun fact about South Africa and China. I didn't know that!

I've heard about this  about soaking | activating a number of times now over the past 10 years so finally doing a quick search. I'd be open to testing it out if there's evidence of it's benefit.

I'm not sure that there's clinical evidence though.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32199146/

I've reduced the amount of nuts I eat compared to in the past. Originally this was due to it being easy to over eat them. My current habit is 2 handfuls in my chia seed pudding every night.

I'm wondering if the negative effects of phytic acid are noticeable at what seems like a small consumption of peanuts or walnuts.

I could test stopping for a period of time and see if I notice any difference.

I would be open to changing my mind and I guess that article seems to indicate that soaking might not lessen phycitic acid as much as expected. In that case I would really suggest not going nuts with nuts every day