As printed in the journal Obesity, the findings of a 28-month Spanish study involving 8,865 adult men and women found that participants who ate nuts at least two times a week were 31% less likely to gain weight than participants who rarely or never ate nuts. Sounds like adding almonds to your diet is worth a shot, right?
Another study actually found that almonds help to increase satiety (or a feeling of fullness) and reduce appetite. This was documented to be a result of eating the nuts whole and masticating (or chewing) them to make the lipids (or fats) in the nuts more bioavailable (or more easily absorbed and utilized by the body.)
Next time you’re thinking about going for a cigarette to curb those hunger pangs, try crunching on some tasty almonds instead.