Eat Away Holiday Stress

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Eat Away Holiday Stress
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Thu, 12-13-2007 - 1:09pm



Daily Tip for Thursday, December 13, 2007




Eat Away Holiday Stress

When the pressure of the holiday season mounts, don't reach for chocolate or potato chips to soothe your soul, have a serving of sweet and salty pistachio nuts, instead.

Why? A recent study by Penn State researchers found that eating a serving of pistachios per day lowered the body's negative response to stress. Talk about the ultimate comfort food!

Pistachios are packed with copper, magnesium, potassium, and B vitamins, all of which strengthen your immune system. At the same time, the nuts are high in monounsaturated (or good) fat, which supports good heart health and helps reduce "bad" cholesterol.


A one ounce serving of dry roasted, salted pistachios (about 49 kernels) weighs in at 162 calories, 13 grams of fat, 1.6 of that saturated, 115 mg sodium, 7.8 g carbs, 2.9 g fiber, and 6.1 g of protein and provides 10% of the daily requirements of dietary fiber, magnesium, copper, phosphorous, and B vitamins.


A South Beach serving size of pistachios is 30 pistachios

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Thu, 12-13-2007 - 2:20pm

I have heard the same thing about black tea (that it improves the body's response to stress).

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Thu, 12-13-2007 - 2:24pm

I'm drinking the new Celestial Season's Sugar Cookie tea.

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Thu, 12-13-2007 - 2:47pm

Ooooh that sugar cookie

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Thu, 12-13-2007 - 6:35pm
I add a little bit of Splenda to bring out the sweetness.
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