How many calories do nuts contribute?
The nuts They are ideal within a healthy and balanced diet, and because they also help us to care for and protect the heart. Not in vain, there are many benefits and properties of nuts, as among other aspects, they reduce the level of bad cholesterol Y controls hypertension and the glucose.
They are healthy and very heart-healthy foods, which can be included in a healthy and balanced diet, as long as their consumption is moderate and never exaggerated, mainly due to the caloric content of most of these nuts.
From a nutritional point of view, to enjoy their nutritional benefits without its high caloric content is a problem for our weight, it is advisable eat 25 grams of nuts each day, no more no less.
How many calories do nuts contribute?
Caloric contribution per 100 grams of edible product:
Almonds | 588 kcal | ||
Lupins | 430 kcal | ||
Cashew nuts | 570 kcal | ||
Hazelnuts | 645 kcal | ||
Peanuts with salt (toasted) | 480 kcal | ||
Fried peanuts | 570 kcal | ||
Chestnuts | 195 kcal | ||
Roasted chestnuts) | 235 kcal | ||
Dates | 274 kcal | ||
Figs (dry) | 271 kcal | ||
Nuts | 665 kcal | ||
Raisins | 259 kcal | ||
Pinions | 670 kcal | ||
Pumpkin seeds | 110 kcal | ||
Sunflower seeds | 583 kcal | ||
Pistachios | 599 kcal | ||
Sesame | 571 kcal | ||
Apricot apricots | 260 kcal |
If you want to check the caloric content of other foods, we encourage you to read the note Calories of food.
How many nuts can we eat per day?
As we can see, the caloric content of most nuts is certainly high, which can erroneously lead many people to think that they are not adequate foods, especially when following a diet of weight loss. In this sense, we can give as an example the walnuts, cardiosaludables dried fruits and with incredible properties for the health, but that contribute 665 Kcal for each 100 grams.
But nevertheless, nuts are healthy foods that we should consume every day. That is, regardless of their caloric intake and fat content, are part of the group of healthy foods that we should add to our daily diet.
Why? Very simple: its contribution in nutrients and its heart-healthy benefits perfectly compensate its caloric contribution, more or less high. For example, they are rich in essential fatty acids (as is the case with nuts), B vitamins, proteins and fiber.
But what we should not do is exceed our consumption. Although it often tends to be difficult to know how much we should eat of a certain food, in the case of nuts we have it easier: we could eat a day the amount of nuts that fit in our hand. They are usually around 25 grams per day.
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