Helping your patients feel their best and live healthy lives is the ultimate reward. And as a health professional, it’s important to make sure you provide the most up-to-date and relevant tips and tools to achieve this goal. Currently, there’s a lot happening in the arena of almonds and health, which makes today the perfect time to recommend almonds as a delicious way to do everything from help maintain a healthy heart and weight to getting important vitamins and nutrients.1,2 Your patients are asking for it. So give them what they want.
How will your patients get their handful a day?
- Tossed in a salad
- Topping a bowl of oatmeal
- Before or after a workout
- In a tasty trail mix
- At the office
- In a delicious parfait
- In the glove compartment
- As a guilt-free, late-night snack
- As appetizers at parties
- Sprinkled over entrées
1. The FDA issued a qualified health claim in 2003 that states: “Scientific evidence suggests, but does not prove, that eating 1.5 ounces per day of most nuts, such as almonds, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease.
2. One serving of almonds (28g) has 13g of unsaturated fat and only 1g of saturated fat.
