How can one argue that almonds are healthy when one serving contains 25% of your

[ninfragile19]

daily fat intake? Many health advocates, magazines and news shows promote almonds as a healthy food. However, a 1-oz serving has 15g of fat, which translates into 24% of your daily recommended intake. How is that healthy?

 

[Clay C]

they have monounsaturated fat, good for you. also, fat is not inherently bad to eat unless it is eaten with carbs.

 

[amy m]

maybe they mean the healthiest of all the nuts...?

 

[Bbran]

They are healthy because they have lots of the fat that is good for you.

 

[John]

Because it's healthy fat. Do you know there are healthy fats and unhealthy fats? Healthy fats are good for you and no, they don't make you fat. You can get healthy fats from avocado, almonds, and olive oil. An example of unhealthy fats are fried foods, like french fries.