Just how much/many servings can one have of almonds a day?
It just ocurred to me that maybe I am eating too many. Maybe 2 oz a day.
I am not quite losing a lb a week (I was hoping for at least 1.5 pounds) and maybe this is why.
thanks for helping!


Easter challenge 226/224/211

Began 1/12/04
245/224/150???

My rule is a handful of whichever nuts i want. My favorites are cashews, but almonds are by far a better choice.

Started 3/20/03 thru 9/2003
Restarted 1/2/04, this time i will finish what i started.

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1 oz would be better! I try to limit myself to only about 28 nuts a day--sometimes I eat a few more than that--but never over 2oz. I also have a handful of sunflower seeds now and then, but I eat them in the shell so I never get a full serving of them.

It's best to avoid peanuts and cashews, they aren't really nuts. They are legumes and quite a bit higher in carbs than other nuts and seeds.

DANDR recommends that you limit nuts to 1 ounce per day or less if your weight loss stalls.

Here's what equals 1 ounce or 5 carbs:
macadamias (approximately 10 to 12 nuts)
walnuts (approximately 14 halves)
almonds (approximately 14 nuts)
pecans (approximately 14 halves)
hulled sunflower or pumpkin seeds (3 tablespoons or 1/4 cup)
roasted shelled peanuts (approximately 26 nuts)

cashews should be limited to only 1/2 ounce (approximately 9 nuts)


Always eat your veggies first!
LCE member since March 2002

Brightlady,
Thanks for the specifics....I read 28 (24) almonds equal an ounce somewhere. Now it all makes sense.
But the one thing I am confused about is when you go to fitday it states that 1 oz is 2 carbs for almonds, but DANDR says 5 carbs. Am I counting everything wrong?
No wonder I am losing so slowly.
Just when I think I have got everything under control, I get confused all over again!
Amy


Easter challenge 226/224/211

Began 1/12/04
245/224/150???

Amy, I'm with you.

Those 5 gm counts must be total carbs, not net carbs. According to the USDA all those servings listed in Bright's post are more like 1-3 net carbs apiece.

I know that DANDR gives a much higher carb count for nuts than I can find anywhere else - USDA or Bowes & Church - wherever. I'm not sure why.

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)

~~Redhead until further notice! ~~

I must have "skinny" almonds--I weighed mine and between 22-28 was an ounce! I don't like macadamia nuts or walnuts and am allergic to cashews so I dont have that one to worry about.