Re: Todd and Amadeus
The high Arginine content of many nuts is thought to very significant in
reducing heart disease. I can't recall how so, but it is detailed in "If I
Eat Another Carrot I'll go Crazy". Are you sure that roasting nuts will make
their FA's go trans? I'm not sure how it happens, but industry creates trans
ON PURPOSE as it hardens the fat. It makes margarine harder and gives crisps
their crunch, and biscuits their snap. The marketing gurus have obviously
found this is what the punters want to buy.
Ben Balzer


> So, never cook with or fry with or heat polyunsaturated fats...

It's interesting (to me, anyway) that despite the fact that
almost all commercially available nuts are roasted, which would
presumably damage the PUFAs, epidemiological studies still show a
strong inverse correlation between nut consumption and heart
disease.

Todd Moody