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- Fatty Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreatic Diseases: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and the Community (English Edition)
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- Comprehensive Guideline for Hepatitis B People Awareness (English Edition)
The Power of Nuts and Seeds
Healthy fats, plant protein, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in one handful. Volume 26 of the Secrets of a Healthy Society series examines what modern nutritional science says about nuts and seeds — and how best to eat them.
Secrets of a Healthy Society — Volume 26
The Power of Nuts and Seeds
Energy, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals, plant protein, and antioxidants — nuts are close to a complete nutritional package in a handful. Prof. Seyed-Moayed Alavian brings together modern nutritional science, clinical studies, and Iranian dietary tradition to explain what they do and how best to eat them.
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Secrets of a Healthy Society, Volume 26
Subject
Nutrition and preventive health
Audience
General readers, nutritionists, and clinicians
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About this book
With non-communicable disease, obesity, stress, and premature ageing among the defining public health challenges of the moment, the role of nutrition in prevention and management has rarely been clearer. What we eat shapes not only appearance but brain, heart, mood, and even social behaviour.
Among food groups, nuts stand out: a combination of energy, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals, plant protein, and antioxidant compounds that amounts to a genuinely intelligent nutritional package. Pistachios, almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, and others have anchored traditional diets for centuries; modern medical science now offers a clearer account of how and why they work.
This book blends contemporary nutritional science, clinical research, Iranian dietary culture, and the author's own experience with patients, to set out the benefits of nuts and seeds, their role in individual and public health, and sensible practice for consuming them.
What the book covers
Nutritional composition
What nuts and seeds actually contain, variety by variety.
Heart and metabolism
What clinical studies report on cardiovascular and metabolic outcomes.
Brain and mood
Research on cognitive function and mental wellbeing.
Traditional and modern
Iranian dietary culture read alongside contemporary nutritional evidence.
How much, how often
Practical guidance on portions and preparation — including why roasting and salting matter.
Public health
The case for nuts and seeds as an accessible lever for population nutrition.
Note. This book is general nutrition education, not individual dietary advice. Nuts are energy-dense, so portion size matters; and tree nut and peanut allergies can be severe, so anyone with a known or suspected allergy should follow their clinician's guidance rather than general recommendations.