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Nuts and Seeds: Improving Your Health Kindle Edition

by Patsy Westcott (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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A popular health writer gets down to the nuts and bolts of these superfoods—from almonds and quinoa to chia and hemp seeds.
 
Nuts and seeds such as almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds are bursting with vital nutrients. Even just a handful is rich with vitamins, minerals and fats, all of which we need, and which team up to help your heart, brain and waistline. As little as an ounce a day provides invaluable fiber, protein, and immune-boosting minerals.
 
Nuts and seeds contain mono and polyunsaturated fats, healthful fats which are essential to maintaining the normal structure of every cell in our bodies. Meats, full-fat dairy, fried foods and processed foods are where the harmful forms of saturated and trans fats are found. Research shows that diets high in these unhealthy fats can lead to a host of diseases. Choosing healthy fats lowers cholesterol and enriches cell development, growth and repair. Nuts and Seeds is “a superb treatise on the benefits of those foodstuffs” (Books Monthly).
 
“If you want to add more nuts and seeds into your diet, reading this book can be very helpful. Also, diversifying both the kind of nuts and how they are prepared is very interesting and she highlights this in the book.” —Coffee and Books
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A superb treatise on the benefits of those foodstuffs
Books Monthly

About the Author

Patsy Westcott is an award-winning freelance journalist, author and copywriter specializing in health, medicine and nutrition, especially for women aged 50+. She currently contributes regular features to Woman & Home, Saga, Waitrose (Waitrose Weekend), Healthspan (Lifespan Magazine) and many others.

She is also health editor and ‘voice of Victoria’ (Victoria.co.uk) a website aimed at women of a certain age as well as doing medical backgrounders for a variety of companies.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07X3WV8KD
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ White Owl (April 30, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 38276 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 139 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1526725886
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    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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3.7 out of 5 stars
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Brian
5.0 out of 5 stars No extra BS, just statements and data!
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2021
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Trying to improve weight and heart health by eating healthier after some poor labs from consecutive annual physicals. The nut and seed book I wanted was $230 so I sought out an alternative. Then I found this gem. This little book is no fluff, no 4page human interest story before giving you the facts you came to the section for. It gives you a declaratory statement, then the data, then the citation of what scientific journal the data came from, then on to the next section. I don’t have time to read 20 pages on one thing where hard information only makes up 3 pages, just give me the 3 pages and leave the rest out. This book does that. Well done.
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Kimberly Streich
3.0 out of 5 stars Liked what I could read
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2022
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Content format was perfect but...I honestly could not see much of the text. It was due straining and I tried it on 3 different devices, utilizing don't and contrast.
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AnnieB
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting research
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2019
Nuts and Seeds: Improving Your Health is a health and nutrition guide written around the idea that nuts and seeds provide distinct (evidence based) positive benefits when utilized sensibly in the modern diet. Due out 19th Nov. 2019 by Pen & Sword on their White Owl imprint, it's 176 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats (ebook available now).

There are so many faddish diet books giving advice about what to eat, not to eat, what to drink, what not to drink, fats are bad (or good), some fats are ok, fats are necessary, etc etc. What most of them lack is real, solid, evidence based reasoning behind the claims. This book on the other hand is well written, layman accessible, and easy to digest. It also provides an interesting overview of the way scientific research is evaluated and how to learn to winnow through the mountains of information available and make logical factual choices.

The introductory chapters (~10% of the content) cover what nuts and seeds are, what makes them nutritionally distinct, what impact they can have on the diet as well as some research on disease and lifestyle connections. The rest of the book covers individual nuts and seeds in alphabetical order from almonds to walnuts. The individual nut/seed chapters each give an overview and specifics about each nut and seed as well as tips on how to use them.

The photography is very well done, full color and illustrative. The text is clear and easy to understand. The last section of the book includes a glossary with layman accessible language explaining some of the biochemistry and physiology discussed in the previous chapters. The author also does a great job explaining the hierarchy of evidence; how to be a critical reader and why some research is considered better than other research.

The references section is full of sources for further research and reading. There's also a good cross referenced index. The book doesn't go into detail about allergies or potentially severe reactions to nuts and seed products. Obviously in the case of food allergies, readers should avoid triggers.

This is a well researched, very well written and presented book. Five stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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Wise Panda
1.0 out of 5 stars Not made for e-readers
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2022
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I didn't attempt to make an effort to read it. The prints are small which makes it very difficult to read on an e-reader. There are very few control buttons you can use. Enlargement or changing font size is not an option. I even tried it on my large desktop screen. Still too difficult to read.
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Roso
4.0 out of 5 stars Good for you doesn't have to mean sacrifice
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2019
Why is it that the things that are so tasty are always so bad for you? Well almost always. It turns out that those nuts you like to munch on are actually packed with nutrients and protein. Westcott lists, explains and tells how to use each type of nut and seed, from the familiar, like cashews and peanuts, to the less well known (for snacking anyway) like chia and hemp seeds. A handy guide for those who want to eat more healthfully and not give up on taste and satisfaction
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JB
3.0 out of 5 stars Great little book, but Kindle version needs fixing to enable text enlargement.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2023
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There are very few comprehensive books on nuts and seeds from a nutritional standpoint.
This is a great introduction to the health benefits, with colour photographs.
I would have liked a bit more science as this food group is really fascinating now that research is finding more evidence on microbe-derived metabolites from nuts and seeds. I hope there will be a future expanded book on nuts and seeds, including the evidence around (poly)phenols and cell mechanisms.
Reduced stars as the Kindle version has a glitch in that the Aa icon does not have the text enlarge function.
I reported this to Amazon/Kindle help and they said they will forward this to their technical department to fix. Let's see if that happens. If you are having the same issue (I see that the only low ratings relate to this issue), please contact them too. The more pressure the better as this is a neat little book for £4!
Nevertheless, regarding value for money, I don't think the depth of content warrants £19 on the paperback (and I would normally go for a book over a kindle). If you read on an ipad you can still pinch/spread the screen to enlarge, which makes it legible but most often froze the page needing to reload Kindle each time, so have sadly returned the kindle book for a refund.
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JB
3.0 out of 5 stars Great little book, but Kindle version needs fixing to enable text enlargement.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2023
There are very few comprehensive books on nuts and seeds from a nutritional standpoint.
This is a great introduction to the health benefits, with colour photographs.
I would have liked a bit more science as this food group is really fascinating now that research is finding more evidence on microbe-derived metabolites from nuts and seeds. I hope there will be a future expanded book on nuts and seeds, including the evidence around (poly)phenols and cell mechanisms.
Reduced stars as the Kindle version has a glitch in that the Aa icon does not have the text enlarge function.
I reported this to Amazon/Kindle help and they said they will forward this to their technical department to fix. Let's see if that happens. If you are having the same issue (I see that the only low ratings relate to this issue), please contact them too. The more pressure the better as this is a neat little book for £4!
Nevertheless, regarding value for money, I don't think the depth of content warrants £19 on the paperback (and I would normally go for a book over a kindle). If you read on an ipad you can still pinch/spread the screen to enlarge, which makes it legible but most often froze the page needing to reload Kindle each time, so have sadly returned the kindle book for a refund.
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