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Is a Handful an Effective Way to Guide Nut Recommendations?
Dietary guidelines recommend consuming 30 g of nuts per day to reduce the risk of chronic disease. A ‘handful’ is commonly used to guide consumers. Research is lacking on how this translates into actual gram amounts. This study quantified the grams of nuts represented by different portion size measu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345392/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157812 |
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author | Brown, Rachel Gray, Andrew R. Chua, Mei Gee Ware, Lara Chisholm, Alex Tey, Siew Ling |
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description | Dietary guidelines recommend consuming 30 g of nuts per day to reduce the risk of chronic disease. A ‘handful’ is commonly used to guide consumers. Research is lacking on how this translates into actual gram amounts. This study quantified the grams of nuts represented by different portion size measures, including a ‘handful’ and ‘30 g serving’ among 120 participants. Each participant was randomised to a sequence where they received three of six different nut types (from almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, peanuts, and walnuts) and were instructed to take a: ‘usual serving’, ‘handful’, ‘small handful’, ‘large handful’, and ‘30 g serving’ of each. Combining all nut types, the median ‘handful’ was 36.3 g, compared to 28.7 g for the estimated ‘30 g serving’ and 24.8 for the ‘usual serving’. The ‘large handful’ was approximately double the ‘handful’ (61.3 g), whereas the ‘small handful’ was about half (16.7 g). Eighty-three percent of portions chosen were at least 80% of the recommended 30 g intake when participants were asked to take a ‘handful’, compared to 63% for the ‘30 g serving’. It appears a ‘handful’ can be used as a practical tool to guide recommended nut intakes, and increases the amount selected compared to instructions to take a ‘30 g serving’. |
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spelling | pubmed-83453922021-08-07 Is a Handful an Effective Way to Guide Nut Recommendations? Brown, Rachel Gray, Andrew R. Chua, Mei Gee Ware, Lara Chisholm, Alex Tey, Siew Ling Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Dietary guidelines recommend consuming 30 g of nuts per day to reduce the risk of chronic disease. A ‘handful’ is commonly used to guide consumers. Research is lacking on how this translates into actual gram amounts. This study quantified the grams of nuts represented by different portion size measures, including a ‘handful’ and ‘30 g serving’ among 120 participants. Each participant was randomised to a sequence where they received three of six different nut types (from almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, peanuts, and walnuts) and were instructed to take a: ‘usual serving’, ‘handful’, ‘small handful’, ‘large handful’, and ‘30 g serving’ of each. Combining all nut types, the median ‘handful’ was 36.3 g, compared to 28.7 g for the estimated ‘30 g serving’ and 24.8 for the ‘usual serving’. The ‘large handful’ was approximately double the ‘handful’ (61.3 g), whereas the ‘small handful’ was about half (16.7 g). Eighty-three percent of portions chosen were at least 80% of the recommended 30 g intake when participants were asked to take a ‘handful’, compared to 63% for the ‘30 g serving’. It appears a ‘handful’ can be used as a practical tool to guide recommended nut intakes, and increases the amount selected compared to instructions to take a ‘30 g serving’. MDPI 2021-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8345392/ /pubmed/34360105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157812 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Brown, Rachel Gray, Andrew R. Chua, Mei Gee Ware, Lara Chisholm, Alex Tey, Siew Ling Is a Handful an Effective Way to Guide Nut Recommendations? |
title | Is a Handful an Effective Way to Guide Nut Recommendations? |
title_full | Is a Handful an Effective Way to Guide Nut Recommendations? |
title_fullStr | Is a Handful an Effective Way to Guide Nut Recommendations? |
title_full_unstemmed | Is a Handful an Effective Way to Guide Nut Recommendations? |
title_short | Is a Handful an Effective Way to Guide Nut Recommendations? |
title_sort | is a handful an effective way to guide nut recommendations? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345392/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157812 |
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