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Providing gluten-free recipes is one more way that TheGreenNut.org is helping people "Go Green with Pistachios for Better Health."
TheGreenNut.org is a consumer-friendly Web site, created by USA pistachio growers to tout the healthy and wholesome benefits of eating pistachios, the only Green Nut. TheGreenNut.org also offers recipes from Prevention and EatingWell magazines, Livestrong.com and various other partners.
In addition to nutritious and delicious recipes, TheGreenNut.org offers consumers nutritional research surrounding pistachios, quick tips on incorporating pistachios into a healthy diet and nutritional advice from The Green Nut Ambassadors, some of the nation's leading authorities on health.
Going green may be heart healthy if the green you choose is pistachio nuts, according to researchers at Penn State who conducted the first study to investigate the way pistachios lower cholesterol.
Pistachios contain antioxidants that help reduce the risk of heart disease. While other nuts have various other heart-healthy components, in the case of pistachios, the substances responsible for the good are lutein, zeazanthin and gamma tocopherol -- all of which are known to help reduce LDL cholesterol.
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