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Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health
Can eating nuts help your heart?
What's in nuts that might make them heart healthy?
What amount of nuts is considered healthy?
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How might nuts help your heart?
What might make nuts heart healthy?
What's a healthy serving of nuts?
Does it matter what kind of nuts you eat?
How about nut oils? Are they healthy, too?
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Eating nuts as part of a healthy diet may be good for your heart. Nuts contain unsaturated fatty acids and other nutrients. And they're a great snack food — inexpensive, easy to store and easy to pack when you're on the go.
One drawback to nuts is that they're high in calories, so it's important to limit portions. But choosing nuts instead of a less healthy snack may just help you stick to a heart-healthy diet.
