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Flax Seed Oil And Weight Loss
Nuts and Seeds
Nuts and seeds are an important part of the diet of all of us who have diabetes. But unless we are too thin, we don't want to make them too important.
A few people with diabetes are too thin. For them I have long recommended that they eat a lot of nuts and seeds.
The rest of us need to eat them in moderation, because they have a lot of fat. And fat is the most caloric dense of all the macro-nutrients. Compared to carbohydrate and protein, which provide us with 4 calories per gram, fat is more...
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