On the consumption of walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, almonds and peanuts we read about everything, even that they make you lose weight ! If only it were true. It is not: in this study some doctors say that the six hundred and more calories of walnuts and family are not metabolized by the body . It is not explained why and I tend to think that it is not true. The data is certain that walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, almonds and peanuts contain good amounts of omega6 (among the good fats that should not be missing in our diet), which are low glycemic index foods and tend to lower both blood sugar and triglycerides. in the blood: they are satiating, take a lot of time to digest, and instead slow down the absorption of blood sugar. Diabetes sufferers would therefore do well to start a meal with 5 macadamia nuts, perhaps the best, let’s say a kind of mini aperitif, which we can associate with raw vegetables. If each of us started a meal with a pinzimonio of celery, fennel, cucumber seasoned with a sauce of lemon juice or vinegar, mustard, and a teaspoon of oil , plus 5 walnuts or 5 pistachios, it will hardly be thrown on a hundred grams of pasta. with vegetables. He will eat seventy. And the glycemic load would still be lower than a plate of only seventy grams of pasta with vegetables, but much more satiating.
In short, he will tend to eat less and reduce the absorption of starch from the meal .