“Raw nuts and seeds for example, contain lingans, bioflavonoids, minerals and other antioxidants that protect the fragile freshness of fats, contain proteins and plant sterols that naturally lower cholesterol And because nuts and seeds supply certain fibers, phytochemicals, phytosterols, and bioactive nutrients not found in other foods, (such as polyphenols and Arginine, they have other beneficial effects that prevent blood vessel inflammation^{[1] [1]} Joel Fuhrman MD. Dr Fuhrman’s Healthy Times.

No 30, March 2007”