Let Food Be Thy Medicine, Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)

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Nuts and Seeds

Let's explore what some distinguished authorities had to say about nuts. Dr. William Esser, who ran a fasting and raw food retreat in South Florida from 1950 until the year 2000, was still playing tennis and enjoying good health when he retired in his nineties. He had much to say on the topic of nuts.

In his book called The Dictionary of Natural Foods, Dr. Esser states the following: "In nutritive value, nuts are superior to any food stuff per pound that we know. It is a common opinion among lay people, as well as medical doctors, that the nut, as a source of protein, is of a low grade and insufficient in supplying the needs of the body in building materials. It is thought that without animal proteins of fish and meat, a high state of health is impossible. This is entirely erroneous. According to scientific investigations carried out by Professor Myer E. Jaffa of the University of California, Prof. F. A. Cajori of Yale University and Van Slyke, Osborne, Harris and others, the proteins in nuts are superior to those of animal origin.”

The Nutrient Data Table is reprinted from The Cracker, January 2000, Published by the International Tree Nut Council.