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Comments on: Nuts: What’s Not to Love? http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2009/11/01/nuts-whats-not-to-love/ Ruminations on Weight Loss, Health, and Longevity Via the Mediterranean Diet Fri, 18 May 2012 08:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: isaac http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2009/11/01/nuts-whats-not-to-love/#comment-16033 isaac Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:08:55 +0000 http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2009/11/01/nuts-whats-not-to-love/#comment-16033 Most of the data has been with almonds but I know that peanuts are included in the mix. Do you know of studies showing beneficial effects of peanuts given their very different omega 3:omega 6 ratio? Most of the data has been with almonds but I know that peanuts are included in the mix. Do you know of studies showing beneficial effects of peanuts given their very different omega 3:omega 6 ratio?

]]> By: Steve Parker, M.D. http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2009/11/01/nuts-whats-not-to-love/#comment-16045 Steve Parker, M.D. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:17:43 +0000 http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2009/11/01/nuts-whats-not-to-love/#comment-16045 Isaac- Nearly all of the observational studies lump peanuts in with all other nuts when they survey study participants on nut consumption. I'm not aware of studies specific to peanuts. [We both know peanuts aren't nuts anyway; they're legumes.] -Steve Isaac-

Nearly all of the observational studies lump peanuts in with all other nuts when they survey study participants on nut consumption.

I’m not aware of studies specific to peanuts.

[We both know peanuts aren’t nuts anyway; they’re legumes.]

-Steve

]]> By: Ken http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2009/11/01/nuts-whats-not-to-love/#comment-17015 Ken Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:12:35 +0000 http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2009/11/01/nuts-whats-not-to-love/#comment-17015 Dr. Parker, if you don't mind a bit of tech advice: I wouldn't use tinyurl's for links in the blog, for two reasons: - if that company falls down for any reason (going out of business, getting their database hacked or corrupted, etc) then all those links become dead - when a user passes their mouse over the link, we can't see where it's going to. That could be a security concern, among other things. I hesitate to click on anything blindly anymore, because who knows if the link might lead to a site that tries to infect the visitor's computer. Having an antivirus etc is no longer a sure protection. And so tinyurls are being posted on *newsgroups* as always to sidestep problems with long URLs not wrapping properly - but the real URL is also being included right along with the tiny one. But for a weblog (as opposed to usenet or email), URL size shouldn't be a factor at all since you're using actual HTML linking. Good luck with your blog, I like the approach of an intelligent person with a health/medical background who's not in the camp of low-carb or low-fat per se. As for this article, two things come to mind: I've generally seen nuts lauded because of their mono-unsaturates, not omega-3 PUFAs. Secondly, peanuts get criticized because of aflatoxin content, though I don't know if I buy that. Dr. Parker, if you don’t mind a bit of tech advice: I wouldn’t use tinyurl’s for links in the blog, for two reasons:

- if that company falls down for any reason (going out of business, getting their database hacked or corrupted, etc) then all those links become dead

- when a user passes their mouse over the link, we can’t see where it’s going to. That could be a security concern, among other things. I hesitate to click on anything blindly anymore, because who knows if the link might lead to a site that tries to infect the visitor’s computer. Having an antivirus etc is no longer a sure protection.

And so tinyurls are being posted on *newsgroups* as always to sidestep problems with long URLs not wrapping properly - but the real URL is also being included right along with the tiny one. But for a weblog (as opposed to usenet or email), URL size shouldn’t be a factor at all since you’re using actual HTML linking.

Good luck with your blog, I like the approach of an intelligent person with a health/medical background who’s not in the camp of low-carb or low-fat per se.

As for this article, two things come to mind: I’ve generally seen nuts lauded because of their mono-unsaturates, not omega-3 PUFAs. Secondly, peanuts get criticized because of aflatoxin content, though I don’t know if I buy that.

]]> By: Steve Parker, M.D. http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2009/11/01/nuts-whats-not-to-love/#comment-17066 Steve Parker, M.D. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:11:49 +0000 http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2009/11/01/nuts-whats-not-to-love/#comment-17066 Ken, many thanks for the tech advice. You make a lot of sense. Aflatoxins and peanuts have been linked for years, and it's real. But must be rare in the U.S. In over two decades of primary care medical practice, I've never seen a case of aflatoxin poisoning, nor have I heard my doctor's lounge colleagues mention a case. It would definitely be a topic of discussion. Probably more of an issue in countries with food standards lower than ours. -Steve Ken, many thanks for the tech advice. You make a lot of sense.

Aflatoxins and peanuts have been linked for years, and it’s real. But must be rare in the U.S. In over two decades of primary care medical practice, I’ve never seen a case of aflatoxin poisoning, nor have I heard my doctor’s lounge colleagues mention a case. It would definitely be a topic of discussion.

Probably more of an issue in countries with food standards lower than ours.

-Steve

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