From Real Age:
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Why Pistachios Are Good for Your Gut
By Mehmet C. Oz, MD, and Michael F. Roizen, MD
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A pistachio is like Jack Nicholson's character Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest": a nut with a hard shell covering a center of genuine goodness.
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An interesting study reveals the amount of healthful bacteria in the poop of people who ate pistachios compared to that of people who ate other nuts or none at all. Pistachios came out the winner for promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria (probiotics) in the digestive tract. Almonds ranked No. 2 (no pun intended).
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What's so special about this little green seed? It's packed with dietary fiber and nutrients such as B6, thiamin, manganese, and copper. Bacteria in our guts -- necessary for a healthy digestive and immune system -- dine happily on that mixture.
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Gut bacteria are a hungry lot. Five hundred to 1,000 species of bacteria live in our intestines (the total count of bacteria inside you is in the trillions). This community can make up 3 to 5 pounds of your body weight and about 60% of the solid matter in your feces. That's why you need to constantly replenish and nurture your intestinal flora (such a pretty-sounding word for the bacteria that lives inside us).
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So, have a handful of pistachios (1 ounce is 160 calories) in place of a nutrient-empty snack, such as chips or soda, and you'll crack the secret to better digestive health. (By the way, eating a handful of walnuts 30 minutes before a meal can help you lose weight.)
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P.S. 1 oz = 4.3g Fat
& Most of the fat is monounsaturated with no saturated fat and little polyunsaturated fat..

Ahh, this explains why I am not suffering the consequences of extended antibiotic therapy... the probiotics!

It was recommended to me that I take a probiotic pill, but I felt like it was "too much" and was binding me up, so cut it out. I normally have 1/2 cup yogurt daily and munch on pistachios and almonds often. I guess I was getting plenty of probiotics the natural way.

Thanks for this!

I've been saving all of these little "nuggets" that I've been posting and others - into text files.
I printed them out, put together a manual index, and have it ready to ? with.
I have about 65 separate files saved, now.
At some point. I'll figure out what to do with them.
I am thinking of running an informal 8 week class for folks in our church, this fall.
Probably use them as additional reference hand-outs.
The class I am thinking about will be loosely based on Zone (Balanced eating, habits, nutrition, etc.)
Based on a format similar to a program the Y offers, here locally, but not their material.

Hey, I've got an idea. You could totally base your class on the Zone! :)

I have always wanted to do local classes, support groups, etc. based on the Zone. I actually went as far as to inquire to Zone Labs about doing this, but was turned down. Maybe because I was looking at it as a profitable opportunity rather than on a volunteer basis... I feel like the Zone needs people out there for support, and that this would have been a good opportunity to promote the Zone.