Am I nuts?

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By Hope
@1hopefulman (45123)
Canada
January 20, 2017 8:34pm CST
Has anybody ever said to you, "are you nuts?" Probably someone must have said that to me somewhere but I don't remember. Anyways, I'm not nuts as far as I know but I could be? However, I do like nuts and I keep hearing how important they are to health and so I will be eating more nuts in the future. Have you heard that about nuts? Or, is it those that sell nuts that are pushing the idea that nuts are healthy? Well, they sure taste good. I just bought some glass jars to keep my nuts in as plastic leaches chemicals. So, how do you feel about nuts? Do you like them? Do you eat them? How and why? Do you have a favourite nut? Who me? Well, I'm honoured to be your favourite nut!
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@Kandae11 (53677)
21 Jan 17
I like peanuts and crunchy peanut butter.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
Yes, peanuts are great especially fresh peanuts. Did you know that peanuts are not really a nut?
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
@Kandae11 Yes, I wasn't sure but it seems that it is a nut. We are always learning.
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@Kandae11 (53677)
23 Jan 17
@1hopefulman No, I wasn't aware - and did you know that coconuts are also nuts?
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@rina110383 (24495)
21 Jan 17
I like pistachio.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
Salted or unsalted?
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
21 Jan 17
I love nuts and I am nuts. When people usually ask me "are you nuts?" They always get the same response: Yes i am! And they'd be surprised. But that's the truth. I believe i'm nuts, i'm crazy! That's what makes me a fun person to be with. NO boring day with me. Not psychotic though.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
21 Jan 17
Your probably more nutty the a jar of peanut butter! When I was young, in Italy, I would go in the forest in the mountain and there were a lot of walnut trees and the nuts would be all over the ground and I would feast on walnuts. Fresh walnuts with fresh bread, yummy! Here is another meal I love (almonds or walnuts or both, celery, avocado and apples). Yummy!
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
@toniganzon Yes. pistachios and almonds are amazing nuts. So good for taste and health!
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
21 Jan 17
@1hopefulman when I was a kid, the only nuts I knew were peanuts, and coconuts (which is not a nut at all)! Then I was introduced to almonds, walnuts, pelinuts, and pistachio nuts. I like pistachio and almond the most.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
21 Jan 17
I love nuts, most of the time I just buy a mixed nuts bag.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
That way you can have all kinds of nuts at once. It seems that nuts are also good in variety.
@LadyDuck (459033)
• Switzerland
21 Jan 17
YES, I love nuts, especially almonds and walnuts (the best nuts for our brain). I also keep them in glass jars. I keep nothing in plastic.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
Yes, almonds and walnuts are amazing. What do think of Brazil nuts? Yes, plastic leeches chemicals and I too will try to avoid plastic in the future.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
@LadyDuck Well, taste is taste and we all differ. Do you think selenium is available in other foods?
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@LadyDuck (459033)
• Switzerland
23 Jan 17
@1hopefulman I do not like Brazil nuts, I like almost every kind of nuts, but not Brazil nuts.
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@suhail1 (931)
• Manila, Philippines
21 Jan 17
nuts and raisins sound good to me
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
They seem to combine well and they get along! .
@13tyates (1606)
• United States
21 Jan 17
Nuts are great! I like pecans, peanuts, cashews. I use plastic containers, but may switch to glass after reading a few articles. o.o
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
Yes, I finally switched to glass as it is supposed to be a healthier way to keep them. I found some nice glass jars but one can wait till they buy something in a glass jar and use that. Stay nutty by eating nuts!
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
21 Jan 17
Almonds and walnuts seem to be the healthiest for us. I'm nuts about them as well as cashews, pistachios, and peanuts. Organic, of course.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
Yes, almonds and walnuts seem to be the best and also we should eat one Brazil nut a day for the selenium or so they say. I try to buy organic and raw when I can get them.
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@paigea (35717)
• Canada
4 Feb 17
I do like all nuts. But I tend to over indulge when I have them and that adds to my weight gain.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
5 Feb 17
I know, they taste so good and so it is hard to stop and yes they are fattening if we don't watch how much we eat.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Jan 17
I am a nut! I love them. I have recently went back to nuts as a snack and my sugar is doing much better. Yesterday I had almonds. Today I had seeds, sunflower seeds.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
So, nuts are really doing wonders for your health! That's great to hear. Keep on being a nut!
@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
22 Jan 18
We are what we eat!! And I love nuts! Especially the mixed bag of nuts with all kinds and throw in a little raisins.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 18
So, you are also nuts about nuts?
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 18
@db20747 Are you also nutty?
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
23 Jan 18
@1hopefulman That has a good ring to it!!! Yes, I am!!!
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
21 Jan 17
I love nuts especially if it is coated with chocolates like the almonds in your picture.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
Yes, but make sure the chocolate is not made of junk.
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
23 Jan 17
@1hopefulman I always check the expiry date..
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21 Jan 17
Yeah. So many times and for so many reasons.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
So the invisible man can also be a bit nutty at times!
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23 Jan 17
@1hopefulman Yes, my friend.
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@sans224 (1808)
21 Jan 17
I love nuts. especially cashew and almond are my favourites
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
I like all kind of nuts! I am not pratial but eat them all. Yummy!
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@buenavida (9985)
• Sweden
22 Jan 17
When I was a kid, we could buy peanuts, but the latest years I have understood how healthy they are, so I eat nuts every day. I guess sunflower seeds are some kind of nuts too. I eat them in yogurt with chia seeds for breakfast. I also eat berries, in Sweden they are called lingonberries which they call superfruit.. I recently wrote an article and added a link about walnuts..
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
Yes, nuts contain a lot of healthy nutrients. Some seeds like pumpkin deeds come in a shell much like nuts. Also a peanut is not really a nut but a legume. They say that walnuts are good for our brains, they even look like a brain.
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@JESSY3236 (18953)
• United States
23 Jan 17
I used to not eat nuts, but I like to eat them now. I like pecans and walnuts.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
24 Jan 17
Great! There seems to be a lot of information on the benefits of eating some nuts on a regular basis bur we should not eat more than a handful a day as they have a lot of fat.
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