Do Fruit & Nut Bars Cause Weight Gain?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2013-03-18

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DESCRIPTION: Despite the caloric density of both nuts and dried fruit, they do not appear to lead to the expected weight gain. The video documenting similar findings in nuts and nut butters is here: Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/nuts-and-obesity-the-weight-of-evidence/) and the mechanisms are summarized in Solving the Mystery of the Missing Calories (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/solving-the-mystery-of-the-missing-calories/) and explored further in Testing the Pistachio Principle (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/testing-the-pistachio-principle/), Testing the Dietary Compensation Theory (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/testing-the-dietary-compensation-theory/), Testing the Fat Burning Theory (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/testing-the-fat-burning-theory/), and Fat Burning Via Arginine (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fat-burning-via-arginine/).
 
What's the problem with eating added sugars? Besides all the empty calories, it can lead to the formation of excess uric acid in the body (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flesh-and-fructose/).
 
If you missed my last two videos on dried fruit, check out Dried Apples, Dates, Figs or Prunes for Cholesterol? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dried-apples-dates-figs-or-prunes-for-cholesterol/) and Prunes vs. Metamucil vs. Vegan Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/prunes-vs-metamucil-vs-vegan-diet/). One more coming up, Raisins vs. Jelly Beans for Athletic Performance (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/raisins-vs-jelly-beans-for-athletic-performance/).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-fruit-nut-bars-cause-weight-gain/ and he'll try to answer it!

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