Health Benefits of Pistachios

1/14/2021

Pistachios are fun to eat, delicious, and offer up quite a few health benefits. A 1-ounce serving has only 159 calories, 6g protein, thiamine, copper, and manganese. Let’s see what else they have to offer:

• Antioxidants
Pistachios have high levels of antioxidants that may help boost eye health and protect against cancer and heart disease. They’re also quite bioavailable and easily absorbed by your stomach.

• Amino Acids
Of all types of nuts, pistachios have the highest ratio of essential amino acids that you can only obtain from food.

• Fiber
At 3g of fiber per serving, pistachios are a good source of it and help to feed good gut bacteria.

• Heart Health
Another added benefit of pistachios is that they may help lower bad cholesterol levels and blood pressure more than most nuts.

• Vitamin B6
Pistachios rank as one of the most B6-rich foods you can get. This vitamin is helpful in balancing blood sugar and also the formation of hemoglobin to carry oxygen in your blood.

• Potassium
The levels of potassium in a serving of pistachios are close to the same amount as a banana. Potassium provides many benefits including helping balance blood pressure, supporting contracting muscles, and improving digestion, to name a few.

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Amanda is a mother of three (10, 7, and 5) and has been married for 14 years. My weight loss journey started July 17, 2008, one day after my daughter's first birthday. Tipping the scales at 235 pounds at 5'3, being an over weight, over tired, out of shape role model no longer appealed to me and I knew it was time for a change. Three pregnancies later, I had lost a total of 105 pounds. I had run 2 marathons and dozens of half marathons. Something was missing. I was thin, but I wasn't fit. I wasn't healthy. I could feel it in my insides. I was 136 pounds and a size 8. Something didn't add up. I got my certification in personal training, nutrition, weight management, and dove into supplementation and whole foods. 90 days later, I gained 10 pounds and lost two pants sizes (8 to a 4).

Continuing on this path, all of my clients wanted to know how I was doing it. I always dreamed of creating a business that truly added value to people and improved their health. My husband, Grant, and I decided it was time to take that leap.

December 9, 2016, Simply Prepped Meals was born. Based around the mission of providing whole food based nutrition to people's doorsteps, we set out to create a new idea that fast food didn't have to be expensive or bad for you. Six months later, we built our permanent location in Cynthiana, IN. Then, January 2, 2018, we entered into a partnership with the YMCA of Southern Indiana to continue spreading the word of meal prep and eating with purpose.

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