One Serving of Nuts

How many is too many? More importantly, how many is one serving? Is it a handful? If so, whose handful? Because my handful of pistachios is like, 10.

About 80% of a nut is fat, and while that’s ‘good’ fat, it’s still a lot of calories. Which is why it’s advised to limit how many you eat in one sitting. One serving of Pecans is about 190 Calories. For reference, a well balanced snack should be around 200-300 calories.

Now, I’m not a huge fan of nuts, but I’ve been trying to eat healthy for a while and eating healthy means you have to include every major food group in your meals, fat being one of them.

One of my favourite ways to include nuts in my diet is adding them to my salads and smoothies. You can check out the Apple Cinnamon Quinoa and Banana Walnut Smoothie recipes for ideas on how to incorporate Omega-3 rich walnuts into your diet.

Me, getting my daily dose of healthy fat.