Nuts and Fish Oil Capsules!!

[Rydude]

Hey guys,

I'm looking to order some nuts for the healthy fats in them. Can anybody recommend what the best nuts to get are (i.e. with regards to calorie content, protein and healthy fat content)?

Also, looking around for nuts I find them to be bloody expensive... Found a couple of wholesale websites, but can anybody recommend where I can buy/order nuts from at a decent price?

I'm also looking for a decent fish oil capsule. Healthspan.co.uk seem to do decent fish oils for a low price - can anybody rate them? What am I looking for in a good fish oil capsule?

I live in Bedfordshire, England by the way...

Cheers guys!

[gonna_be_big]

Hey guys,

I'm looking to order some nuts for the healthy fats in them. Can anybody recommend what the best nuts to get are (i.e. with regards to calorie content, protein and healthy fat content)?

Also, looking around for nuts I find them to be bloody expensive... Found a couple of wholesale websites, but can anybody recommend where I can buy/order nuts from at a decent price?

I'm also looking for a decent fish oil capsule. Healthspan.co.uk seem to do decent fish oils for a low price - can anybody rate them? What am I looking for in a good fish oil capsule?

I live in Bedfordshire, England by the way...

Cheers guys!

walnuts are the best nuts. but i cant stand eating too many of them they make me feel sick!! apart from walnuts almonds are pretty good and tasty as well

[EmperorRyker]

There's no such thing best nuts, eat a variety - walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, etc. - and you'll be good to go.

[phal]

^ ^ ^ Just get them unsalted (preferably), I love roasted almonds.

[gonna_be_big]

There's no such thing best nuts, eat a variety - walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, etc. - and you'll be good to go.

walnuts are the only nuts with a good ratio of omega 3 : omega 6 fats.

all the others are quite high in omega 6 and low in omega 3.. which is why walnuts are best!

[Rydude]

Cheers for the responses. A mix it is then!

Any advice on where I can get them for a decent price? This place www(dot)buywholefoodsonline(dot)co.uk/seeds-and-nuts/index3.html seems to be pretty good...

Also, I'm trying to strip off fat at the moment - how many grams of nuts do you recommend each day? Or just include it in my daily calorie allowance?

[snorkelman]

Unless you are needing to buy in bulk for some reason, just go to your local grocery store and buy the nuts there. You probably won't be eating nuts in any huge quantity to warrant ordering them online IMO.

[Rydude]

They quite often work out at around ?2 per 100g bag, which, presuming I have around 100g every day, works out at quite a lot, on top of all the chicken and protein powder I'm buying...

[EmperorRyker]

walnuts are the only nuts with a good ratio of omega 3 : omega 6 fats.

all the others are quite high in omega 6 and low in omega 3.. which is why walnuts are best!

The omega-6 : omega-3 ratio isn't all that's important when food is concerned, it's just one aspect of it.

[Holyspokes]

walnuts are the only nuts with a good ratio of omega 3 : omega 6 fats.

all the others are quite high in omega 6 and low in omega 3.. which is why walnuts are best!

It's really not all that better. It just has WAY more PUFA, and way more Omega 3 AND Omega 6s, with a ratio of around 4 to 1. Compared to 7:1 for most other nuts.

The omega-6 : omega-3 ratio isn't all that's important when food is concerned, it's just one aspect of it.

Exactly, you can balance it out with the rest of your diet pretty easily.