Containing more than 10% of the Daily Value of fiber and essential vitamins and minerals, pistachios are a naturally low-fat, cholesterol free snack. Bonny Burns-Whitmore, from California State Polytechnic University (California, USA), and colleagues recruited a group f 48 healthy young women, average age 21 years, to consume a diet to which pistachios were added (to comprise 20% of daily calories), for a ten-week period. The study authors report that: “Inclusion of 20% of Kcals as pistachios in the diet does not contribute to weight gain or body fat changes, and may even potentially improve blood lipids and [blood pressure].”
The Skinny on Pistachios
Consuming pistachio nuts may improve cardiovascular markers, without causing weight gain.
Bonny Burns-Whitmore, Laura Hall, Alison Bushnell, Amy Towne, Soma Roy. “Effects of pistachio consumption on body composition and blood lipids in healthy young women (640.6).” FASEB J., April 2014; 28:640.6.
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