Hi Cassie,
Enjoyable read. A couple surprising thoughts come to mind:
Walnuts are actually a terrible source for Omega 3s!
Walnuts score in the worst of all negative tertiles by foods grouped for their essential fatty acid ratio profiles, for example:
Nuts, walnuts, dry roasted, with salt added -42.29
Nuts, walnuts, english-44.36
Nuts, walnuts, black, dried-50.21
[from https://omega3scores.com/search_results.php?q=walnuts&Submit=Search]
Many people continue to mistakenly rate foods as “healthy” by their absolute Omega 3 content – without understanding it is the presence of Omega 6 content to Omega 3 content in any food that determines if it most healthful, or not.
Dr. Bill Lands, foremost global scientific authority on essential fatty acids, has a website with complete information anyone can use to learn more about essential fatty acids and our dietary health:
Anyone can also search out and learn about how any foods rate regarding healthy Omega 3 balance, including which nuts are best to eat for however you choose to indugle, found here:
The only other caution I would suggest to offer readers about nuts in your next article (or perhaps revise this one) is about the importance of sourcing nuts from trusted suppliers on handling conditions and using born on dates to determine freshness:
There is a huge disconnect and variance in quality between food theory and food practice, i.e. many nuts sold today are already rancid on consumer store shelves and therefore much more harmful to our health than any potential nutrient dense benefits we hope to get from them – it’s best to avoid rancid nuts and fats at all costs.
Just a couple thoughts on a nutty day. Cheers!
