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FNH publishes articles that benefit both consumers and professionals. An example:
Nuts Are Healthy Food
By Goody L. Solomon
Nuts are not the no-nos you may think they are. True, they have a high fat content; but that fat can help prevent heart disease, can possibly can ward off cancer, and, yes, can assist in weight control.
Mounting evidence of these benefits has come forth in a growing number of research reports showing tree nuts, which are plant foods with benefits similar to those for beans, decrease heart disease with comparable results in men and women, all ages, vegetarians and carnivores, exercisers and the sedentary, smokers and nonsmokers. Clinical trials and laboratory experiments also have demonstrated nuts can lower total blood cholesterol while improving both the LDL (bad) cholesterol and HDL (good) cholesterol proportions -- probably because nuts are rich in unsaturated fats and contain several protective nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E. selenium, magnesium and fiber.
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