Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence
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- Nut consumption does not appear to lead to the expected weight gain. How is it possible given how many calories they have? Doesn't this violate some pesky law of the physical universe (the first law of thermodynamics)? That's the subject of Solving the Mystery of the Missing Calories (nutritionfacts.....
There definitely are foods linked to weight gain, see Does Eating Obesity Cause Obesity? (nutritionfacts....) and Waistline-Expanding Food (nutritionfacts....) for example.
I give a summary of obesity in the diabetes section of my full-length Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death (nutritionfacts....) as well.
For more insight from the Harvard Nurses Health Study see What Women Should Eat to Live Longer (nutritionfacts...., Skim Milk and Acne (nutritionfacts...., Harvard's Meat and Mortality Studies (nutritionfacts...., and Meat Hormones Female Infertility (nutritionfacts.....
Note: Note: I updated the video on August 25, 2012. I am indebted to Jeff Nelson (vegsource.com) for pointing out my mischaracterization of the 2007 Natoli & McCoy review (apjcn.nhri.org..... I've not only corrected the video, but expanded it (by 8 minutes!) to cover all of the studies published in the 5 years since. The evidence is stronger than ever that the consumption of nuts does not lead to the weight gain one would expect.
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I always watch this video after overeating nut
I ate 90 almonds today and came back again to watch this video for calm down. 😒
Too bad my immue system got a bit overeactive to almonds when I ate 2 pounds of almonds in one sitting a few times so I get cystic acne when I eat almonds now.
I ALWAYS end up eating the WHOLE can of Blue Diamond Whole Natural almonds, and sometimes a HALF can AFTER the WHOLE can - that's 6 ounces or 9 ounces RESPECTIVELY!!!
chloe lee haha me too. love them
why tf are you eating so much? lol
why? why won't they gain weight?? god, the tension is _agonizing_
cool comment; I love Dr Greger, he really doesn't his research, and he's relaxed and funny too!!
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Thank goodness. Could never stop at just a few!
spoilers at the end, Fat Burning Via Arginine
I want to be a subject in those experiments! The large amounts of pistachios group preferably :-D
This is my most favorite video! Because for me nuts are the perfect fast food for every occasion.
Yes!! So glad to hear this about nuts. This just confirms what I've thought for awhile now, that sources do matter and it's not simply a matter of 'calories in, calories out'.
chiyerano People who think that have such a simple and false understanding of nutrition.
These studies are NUTS!!! ;)
hahaha you're so funny!
I confirm all that is being said here. From 1st August 2017 till Jan 2018 from 130kg to 83kg. Whole plant based diet and ate bunch of nuts every day.
i don't get it why are there people disliking this video?? are y'all against education?
only 20ish dislikes man compared to thousands of likes lol calm down dude it's less than 1% you cry baby
+The Squeakster you're a fucking mess man i just wanted to know why there are people disliking this video and not how many.. learn how to read and interpret properly tf
This video is talking about bad meats, good nuts, veggies, etc. Then their are vegans that don't eat oil at all. So the junk food people, and the meat eaters and the non oil vegans hate this because it disproves their diet/lifestyle.The bottom line in the video explains the study, no one wants to listen because they are passionate about their food beliefs. Calorie counters don't like this either because they like their candy/ junk food and justify it as lower calorie, but the nutrients in nuts are overall better as a snack AND a meat replacement, as this man is trying to prove. No one wants to change their eating habits, they just want to troll people who give them info they don't want to hear and instantly give the guy a hard time. Sad.
+Gigi D i agree.. there's literally an independent DOCTOR talking and validating his points with scientific proof and yet narrow minded people are like 'nope'
I disagree that "non oil vegans hate this" because they have nothing against eating whole foods that contain oil, such as avocados, olives, corn, nuts and seeds. "No oil" refers to avoiding consuming the oil that has been extracted and separated from those foods so you are only consuming only the fat and none of the other nutrients contained in the whole food.
This channel is a blessing, peanuts here i come...thank you Dr.
thought the same ;)
Peanuts are legumes. And very moldy ones at that. In fact organic, less processed peanuts have the highest amount of aflatoxin. Not to mention high temperature roasting oxidizes the fats. They are also high histamine foods. Peanuts are terrible for health. Try walnut butter. Raw sprouted walnut butter. You can thank me later ;)
Tree nuts are better according to the video. Raw is better than roasted as well.
I have found that I can eat an incredible amount of raw sprouted walnuts of fresh cashews without any weight gain issues. When I say incredible I am talking up to 9 pounds a month. I have since cut back but still eat a significant amount. I also think there is something going on with how much of the nuts are actuality digested. I don't think we can count the full amount of calories when eating them. Chewing does not break them down all the way and many small pieces pass through undigested. I would be willing to bet that 1/3 of the nuts are not digested. I would also be willing to bet that nut butters would cause more weight gain
I have just listened to this for the third time. As I find it hard to believe, I am eating 500 grams of pistachios per day. If it does not work I shall be reporting back!
+Alan Heath we're waiting...
obielicious My report back is that in my highly unscientific test, it seems to work!
+Alan Heath That's awesome!
+Alan Heath That is hilarious! This is guy is a lunatic! I just watched another of his videos on "how chicken makes you fat." Obviously, he is either dumb, deceived....or both. In my "real world" experience...every time I indulge in snacking on nuts...I gain a LOT of weight! (Maybe be a potion control problem). I realize that a SMALL...(very small)...portion of nuts in the diet...is good. Anyway...report back on your pistachio nut experiment!
+Alan Heath
What do you mean "it works?"
All this means is that all calories are not created equal, despite the insistence of the establishment and coattail-riders who suck up to the establishment and think the energy balance model is a meaningful thing.
I guarantee you a similar thing can happen when you add other nutrition dense foods to the diet, such as fat or quality protein, and leafy vegetables and low sugar fruits. But, nuts are a much easier unit to quantify and add to a diet as a separate entity.
This is great to here! I was restricting my fat intake to about 20-40 grams a day; low fat vegan, however not loosing the weight I wanted to. I am an exercise maniac and still wasn't loosing the inches like I had hoped. I started eating more nuts last week after watching this video. I sure hope it works! BUT the question I have is how many nuts? What ratio should I follow? Also how many calories should I consume?
THANKS!
I’ve heard in other videos by Dr. Gregor that 1oz to 2oz a day of nuts is good.
As usual, Dr. Greger brings 100% scientific findings - CROSS-examined, mind you! Not just one-off studies.
Like his videos, but someone on youtube has said he has charged 15 million (or 1.5million dollars per year) for this work for the past 10 years, which is shocking.
@@jf1341 Everything on his website is free, no ads, and no promotion of supplements etc, and the proceeds of his books on nutrition also go to suppport the website. Perhaps he charges for his exetensive lecturing tours - but that seems fair enough to me.
Oh! My! God! Didn't know us pigs had been given a free pass in the nuts (my favs anyway)! Will continue loving nuts but now totally guilt-free. How much do we love this good Doctor - Michael Greger? *Let us count the ways!* 😎
This makes all the sense in the world to me, and I never knew why until now. I LOVE nuts. Doesn’t matter what kind I love them all, and I have a tendency to over eat them when I get into a giant Kirkland container. Every time I’ve done this, I always said to myself, “this isn’t going to be good next week when I get on the scale . . . . but I never saw a difference, and I was always baffled . . . . uuuuntiiiiiiiiiiil NOW! 😀
This is nuts.
LOL
One time, i ate 2 cups of nuts a day and still maintained my weight. I was crazy about nuts at the time.
Nuts like other plant foods are loaded with polyphenols which in general boosts metabolism. Almonds, esp their skin, are particularly thermogenic. In addition, body likes to burn off excess PUFAs.
Thank you for this, Dr. Greger! I still run into people who think nuts are fattening. It seems like any whole plant food with the fiber left intact is unlikely to make you fat.
The answer is obvious to non-vegetarians and has been for over a decade: Macro nutriments affect the body differently.
I would love to see the results of a similar study done with dates. Like a big portion of dates on top of a normal diet. Despite them being a fruit, and me a vegan, I'm sure they effect me more negatively in terms of energy, mood, skin and weight
me too medjool dates are my absolute fav sweeties
Love nuts. Often indulge and never gain weight when I do. If I have them around the house and pick at them all day , every day (addicting) then I start to gain. One of those treats I save for road trips, special treat days, and just feel like a munchie time. Otherwise I can't stop eating them once I start, lol!
judy Osborne me too! I don't get some people say a few of nuts could make them full, for me I just love pistachios and everytime i eat them i eat A LOT
I did whole food plant based high carb low fat diet and I had as well really bad days stressful days with full of anxiety and I quitted from plant based because i felt so tired from all.
For 4 months i was eating animal products and i realized that I lost my sixpack and I felt more heavy.
I treated my psychology with lot of deep work and when I finished I started again to eat again whole food plant based but with high carb and much fat too.
Because I feel to run better my mind and my body like this and I feel to my body to coming back to fit again is almost done.
I eat 4 handfuls or 5 nuts.🙂
A lot of people who eat low fat don't realise how much they lose out on Essential Fats that contain omega 3 and vitamin E which is necessary for brain health. Low fat diets can give you symptoms of mental illness
Many of the mentioned studies had the participants consuming peanuts, yet peanuts aren't actually a nut. Peanuts are legumes. Is there research that other legumes lead to the same benefits? Thanks.
Indy D there were walnuts also, pistachios..
Great. Now I'm gonna to stuff my face with 2 pounds of peanut butter
+Meli Gutierrez Since most major peanut butter brands are filled with sugar and other oils, usually unhealthy ones , you really shouldn't rely on them too much. Peanut butter should be like a desert really. Something rare in your diet.
+Roku Jones they have the natural kind, which have nothing in it but ground peanuts
Gigi D That sounds god-awful. I've had homemade peanut butter before, and it was quite bland and nasty to the tastebuds.
+Gigi D The issue is...does it make you FAT? In my personal experience...the answer is YES! If you look at the serving size and the calories and fats per serving...you will see that this guy's video is very misleading! Nuts are healthy...in a VERY LIMITED PORTION, which most people don't consider.
great, good for you. If I didnt care I would be into a pizza.
i'd say raw. When they're roasted it's usually in an oil - meaning extra calories, trans-fat and way more variables, even dry roasted stuff usually has some kind of seasoning and the natural nut oils can become trans-fats from the heat.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful teaching teaching lesson on nuts 🥜 .
In the past few weeks I've decided to add a some nuts back into my diet, when I read that nuts can decrease a persons risk of death! (You can find that study at the Harvard gazette website.) I also figured I needed a bit more vitamin E and selenium in my diet, so I picked brazil nuts. I'm HCLF vegan but it hasn't helped my acne, even though they all say nuts and higher fat foods hurt your skin. Well I gave it a chance, figuring I'd gain a little weight but it would be worth it for the nutrition. And guess what? NO WEIGHT GAIN. At all. And also, no issues with more acne (any more than normal, I mean). :) So happy!
Brazil nuts contain very high amounts of selenium. If you are eating more than one or two a day, you could overdose and experience some nasty side effects. Please be careful.
+Gavin Smith Nuts decrease rick of death. After incorporating nuts in your diet I must say congratulations! you are now immortal.
Just kidding, eat whatever the fuck you want to eat.
If you're getting your information from any doctor, especially American, question it.
I did see that research, however it was in search of what was missing due to my fibromyalgia. So i'm deficient in this area i'm guessing.... and i can't eat fish, or have iodine, so i have to find other ways for vitamins. It must be doing something cause i'm completely off all prescription and over the counter pain meds, I had surgery not long ago, and possibly have concern over cancer... however i am doing everything natural and recently fell getting a bad huge bruise, which healed in a week... i've never healed like that. So Good Nutrition can make a difference. Of course all we can do is pray what were doing is right.. it's not easy or fool proof. I was making strong improvements till a dumb doctor gave me a vaccine which landed me in the hospital nearly dying. If it wasn't for my strong belief in natural herbs and vitamins who knows how it would have cleared from my body.... it took over 6 months of h*ll to get back some normalcy and even then i have moments -issues from this damage. They keep trying to kill me, but should be studying why i'm still alive...lol.
Gavin Smith How has your weight fluctuated since you’ve started eating more nuts? I’m also a HCLF vegan looking to add more selenium, and e to my diet. I worry a bit since the high fat, mixed with the high carb may make me gain weight.
try dropping oil to get rid of acne check out mic the vegan’s video on acne
I had a phase when I was eating nuts like crazy thinking 'uh-uh, I'm gonna be fat soon :( !' but didn't gain any weight really :D
+Airin Cronau What kind of nuts were they? I had the opposite effect...gained tons of weight...eating either mixed nuts or almonds.
Valerie Griner well, my favorites were definetely peanuts and cashews back then but I also had a lot of almonds, brasil nuts and walnuts (whatever I had on hand) I was transitioning to a vegan diet at that time, now I eat less fat and a lot more carbs but still love some nuts once in a while ;)
Going berserk on 200 g of peanuts while listening to this :3
That's true . I lost weight when I started to eat nuts daily
i love this doctor !
So what happens when you DO restrict calories AND add the nuts? I'm currently lifting weights and I'm in a cutting phase, I've reduced the amount of nuts I eat in a day (10 grams of almonds) but being such a fan of them, I would seriously love to add more without sacrificing the weight loss and definition I seek.
Thanks for the science:)
u cant go wrong with pistachios and they are so good, i personally dont react well to walnuts, produces me face acne, hazelnuts pine nuts almonds and cashew nuts are good for me too
I'm nuts for nuts! It's nice to hear this!
I actually didn't like nutritionfact.org, because I'm a keto advocate, however after looking deeper in nutrition keto and vegan both work, because the most problems are not exactly fats or carbs, but the mix of them causes problems, and also the proccessing of any - carb or fat makes it food for your fat stores and not your body. Also great review for nuts :) I was concerned about overeating them, however I always checked that my weight stayed the same. It was quite a surprise, so these studies assured me, everything is fine.
Somebody needs to show this to McDougall!
Yay! Good news for me because some days, that's all I eat is a variety of nuts and a few fruit.
And by the way, I've been doing it for three years and have only lost weight. #plantbasedbaby
I eat about a serving (on the package) of almonds everyday with breakfast for the past month. My weight is pretty much the same.
The more research I do, the more I find that calories in vs calories out is quit irrelevant when it comes to whole food.
I stopped all nuts and oils, and lost 23 pounds in three weeks. I was eating about 6 or 8 handfuls, maybe more of nuts, snacking throughout the day, using them in my vegan dishes. Walnut burgers 🍔 are amazing. Now count them, 2 macadamia nuts, a few pecans, no almonds yet Weight still off. YAY 🕺 🕺 🕺
What a relief to hear this. I know nuts aren't the least calorific food but anyone would think they're one of the worst things to eat for weight loss.
I've been addicted to nuts for three years as a plant-based vegan. I've lost over 30 pounds eating any and all nuts, whether salted, unsalted, oil or no oil. Peanuts included.
Amazing and very welcome information!
Thank you for sharing and explaining this!
The observation that nuts’ listed calories don’t add to the body anywhere near as expected is one of the rare specific things on this channel that actually “works”, as in I can relate to it.
This is so cool!!
This is kinda' like the good variety of "good news about your bad habits".
Thank you so much for the info!
How about natural nut butter, do they cause gain weight or the same as eating nuts?
Awesome info!
Glad I don’t have to worry about my peanut butter addiction and weight gain 😂 it’s the closest thing I have to a treat on a plant based vegan lifestyle
One assumption that seems to be at work often in these types of studies and society is that you don't absorb everything that you eat. Unless you liquify the nuts into a butter a lot is likely to just be pooped out.
It's the same like with diet drinks. I don't drink diet soda because it tastes better. I choose it instead of regular one because I already have weight problem. The same is with nuts - I love them but I try to eat things that are lower in calories.
Wow!! this explains why I didn't gain any weight from eating 4000 calories a day for 6 months (at least 2000 calories came from macadamia nuts or almonds). Damn... I guess I don't have any super powers after all... :c
Something wrong with the error bars from that paper at 6:16. The error bars are 10x larger than the actual fluctuation in average weight. Hm, probably that is the standard deviation in weight of the group. The standard error in the mean would have been more informative of any statistical significance.
Im a strict vegan and eat 6 to 8 ounces of pistachios a day and I have doing it for months and months and I don’t gain any weight
Great vid man! Did not feel long at all.
Any chance we could have a list of the studies cited in the video or a link to them? Thanks
Just more evidence that proves you literally can't eat too much of a whole food plant based diet. In fact, judging by the dose dependent factor of efficacy, it's more accurate to say you can't eat ENOUGH of a WFPB diet
what about nut butters ? i love them and eat a few spoonfuls a day often when i need some fats to help absorb fat soluble nutrients like curcumin ?
Thank You, you are incredible.
I bought 'How not to die' when it came out, recently started seeing the videos and have subscribed.
Most of the videos I see come up somehow then I select, or I search a topic. However many videos like this one end with a promise for something to be tackled in the next video. But i dont know how to find those next videos. Are there serial numbers or dates, could someone suggest a way to find succeeding videos? Thanks.
Of course the book and the videos are wonderful, I shared the book cover and information on facebook and WhatsApp when it was new and again recently. Incidentally, speaking for myself, I don't like the title, otherwise of course the book is great.
My regards and good wishes to Dr. Greger. More power to your... mind, pen, video cameras. And thanks very much for sharing the lifesaving and life enhancing knowledge and ideas.
Inspiration!!!
Does it matter what kind of nuts? Are walnuts better than peanuts? Not clear...
Why do we still insist on measuring caloric intake? It is obvious that this metric has never been a reliable indicator for anything useful.
That is generally untrue
@@Green-Horizon2 Can you provide an example of when it might be useful?
@@kathyfausett9301 Weight loss is simply determined by calorie intake and outtake. In losing weight, intake seems to be significantly more important thsn for example doing sports.
@@Green-Horizon2 Sorry, calorie in-calorie out doesn't come close to explain it. Would be neat and simple if it did, but if it were true, you couldn't double your caloric intake and still lose weight. You can do that on a keto diet. I'm not suggesting that you do this, but it happens.
I eat veg (which has proven to be the most healthy diet) so no thanks. And indeed there are rare exceptions on the rule, but in general it definitely stands.
I’m allergic to nuts but not most seeds. Is there a similar effect with (raw) pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds?
i am diabetic type 2 and i hear increase grain intake. oatmeal raises my blood sugar as much as candy would and i have no fruit or sugar, but sweet and low in my oatmeal. i am eating more nuts and plants per your video but cannot figure out the oatmeal enigma.
You should be eating fruits man. Check out Dr Greger's video on fruit consumption.
I wonder, does it matter if nuts are roasted or is it better if they are raw?
i survive on peanuts and almonds, some milk and fruits (m fruitarian, that milk comes from coconut)... never gained weight.
Nuts make me gain weight. Is it the calories or the fat? I do notice my digestion seems to slow a bit, maybe I'm not digesting them well enough?
If the nut eating groups had to consume the same amount of calories as the non nut eating groups, that means that they were eating proportionately less meat, and that would account for everything you mentioned as less meat tends to lower weight. If you really want to see what the effects of nuts are- take 2 groups of vegans, one eating more fruit for calories and one eating more nuts. You will find that the nut eating group is less healthy than the fruit eating group, all else equal.
So does this apply to peanut butter?
+Thain Rose I'd stay away from peanut butter. It was giving me a fat belly. I stopped eating it. I eat the other nuts though.
+Thain Rose That's a bit more processed, might not be healthy at all. At whole foods they have a machine where it grinds the nuts into butter. That's probably what you are looking for. It's a bit more costly, but definitely better for you.
+Definitely Not Vegan why? there's plenty of brands which entail the exact same process
Even if they are vegan, most processed foods aren't healthy. Some companies could go out of there way to keep it as natural as possible. Still at the end of the day if you want the "best" it's better to just directly grind the nuts.
+Thain Rose Popular brands of peanut butter usually have sugar added to them and also oils that might not be so healthy for you. Peanut butter should be seen as a treat or desert and something rare to your diet if possible.
This has been drivin me nuts
what about nut effects on cholesterol.
How do these researchers not know that the calories you can absorb from raw or unprocessed foods is different from that of sugar? they may have been consuming the same amount of calories technically, but the net amount would have been significantly different taking into account the extra energy the body must expend to digest raw nits as opposed to pure sugar.
Oh well , it looks like all the nuts i have been eating to try to put some fat on my frame isn't going to work .20 months into vegan , whole food ,plant based lifestyle I have gone from 165 to 130 lbs. Now I am wondering how low I will go . No plans to go back to ingesting grease in the form of meat , rancid oils ,eggs , soy , corn , wheat and dairy products though . Since I'm 62 , I will just act like I am shopping for the grand kids when I get my clothes in the kids section . Got a 30 mile bike ride planned for tomorrow in less than 2 hours . The more I eat the more I just pass it on . If i did not feel so good and energetic I might be worried about becoming so thin . I am 5'9" so i guess i'm a little under the US government "good consumer "' guidelines weight wise ,but when did they ever have anything intelligent to recommend about anything .
This is the best news EVER! Some days I can’t stop eating nuts. ♥️
Unless I missed it, were the nuts raw, roasted, salted??
@@megann3014 I would like to know the same!
So, that is why I haven't gain weight reintroducing nuts to my diet ? Now that i'm not "scared" of those, I'm going to by more variety of nuts. Thanks
I believe some of the fat in the nuts is locked in the fiber and is not absorbed.. the fiber also pushes everything through the digestive system quicker. The nut fiber is also more slippery and lubercates the colon..,
did they soak the nuts? they don't really digest that good when not soaked.
nuts and seeds are hard to digest...so I'm not surprised that people lost weight....if you don't digest nuts, then they just come out in your poop. Nuts and seeds are hard to digest for the purpose of the plant having its seed for them in a nice fertilizer after it comes out in the poop to produce another plant.
The voice of reason
What about nut butter? Like peanut butter
But what if you need to gain weight, should you avoid eating nuts then?
some one plz tell me is multi grain bread are good and peanut butter it has alots pf calories ryt???
Stupendo!
what about cashews?
@NutritionFacts.org What about CASHEWNUTS ?
Could it may be because of the protein and fat content?
why use a legume(peanut) in the discussion of nuts?
I am so sick of spammers.
Avid nuts and seeds eater. Thanks for the video.👏😉
So eating walnuts with oatmeal is bad?
I love nuts, sadly I'm restricted to a handful per day, not because of weight gain but because of their high potassium content.
Dark chocolate covered Pecans, mmmm thank you!
Don't the stats at 7:26 indicate that potatoes aren't the best to eat?
That chart is quite stupid, as there's a huge difference between a potato versus potato chips/fries. Baked potatoes have a zero percent chance of making a person fat.
The main review article that looked at the twenty clinical trials on nuts & weight gain at 0:10 was funded by *Australian Tree Nut Industry*, so take with a grain of salt, folks. Though it's suggested here that not a single clinical trial showed any weight gain from nut consumption, in fact there were indications of weight gain in some of the trials. Here's a detailed review of that article, where the most important parts are highlighted, plus links to original websites: www.vegsource.com/news/2012/08/nuts-weight-gain-its-worse-than-we-thought.html
AussieDaddy Thanks for the link. For me this makes me really question Dr. Greger's credibility.
AussieDaddy, Thank you for highlighting this...
this video is flawed :(
10 minutes for a video that could have been one minute. TH-cam add revenue length limit?
I have a friend who is badly overweight from high nut and seed consumption. Be very careful with practical application of these types of studies.