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Recap: Why nuts make you healthier | Professor Sarah Berry

2024/8/20
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Sarah Berry教授：通过大量人体研究发现，整颗坚果由于其独特食物基质结构，人体吸收的卡路里显著低于包装上标注的数值，大约减少30%。这是因为坚果的细胞壁结构完整，脂肪被包裹在细胞内，不易消化吸收。研究人员通过收集食用坚果后的粪便样本，并在显微镜下观察，证实了这一结论。不同类型的坚果，其食物基质结构和营养成分略有差异，但总体而言，它们都富含健康脂肪和多酚类物质，对健康有益。此外，不同个体对坚果中卡路里的吸收率差异巨大，这可能是坚果不会导致体重增加的原因之一。虽然食用整颗坚果能减少卡路里吸收，但也可能降低某些营养物质（如维生素E）的吸收率。建议将日常零食替换成坚果，以改善健康状况。

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Professor Sarah Berry discusses the common misconception that nuts contribute to weight gain due to their high calorie content, focusing on the role of the food matrix in nuts.

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Today we’re discussing Nuts. If you’ve heard that nuts are bad for you because they’re full of fat, then, you’re in for a surprise. Professor Sarah Berry has led large scale human studies to uncover how nuts affect our health. And she’s here to tell us the healthiest way to incorporate them into your diet.

She'll also tell us about a new discovery that’ll help when you’re reading the nutrition information on the back of a nut packet.

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