Again, they found that people who ate some nuts every week had less heart disease than people who didn't. Then walnuts, and pecans and pistachio nuts, and all studies have showed the lowering of cholesterol. There are studies that are not proven yet, but in some regions of India, it seems that maybe cashew nut consumption might go together with less colon cancer. But we need to test this more. Each nut has a lot of goodness.
Almonds are a good nut, and very easy to use in so many ways.
One way to use nuts is to make nut milk. It's a terrific ice cream. Or you can drink it as nut milk. Another way, if you have someone in your family addicted to eating meat and you want to cut down on that, you can suggest that they not change their meal to a vegetarian diet overnight, but rather begin to give them nuts to replace meat. That will satisfy them.