😱 Many People Eat Cashews Without Knowing What They May Be Doing Inside the Body

Creamy and mild, cashews are easy to love and hard to stop eating. While the list of cashew nuts’ health benefits is long, they have one main disadvantage: They’re high in calories, and eating too many can lead to weight gain.

Cashews Compared to Other Nuts

So, how do cashews stack up to other nuts? They are all fairly equal, although they have some notable differences. Cashews have slightly less protein than almonds and walnuts, and slightly more carbohydrates in the form of natural sugars, according to data from the

Almonds have a few more calories, with 162 per ounce (oz), but they also have more fiber — 3.5 grams (g) per oz compared with less than 1 g per oz of cashews. Dietary fiber offers many health benefits, from helping control appetite to lowering cholesterol. Increasing your fiber intake may help reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes, constipation, and colon cancer, according to UCSF Health.

The balance of fats is also different. Cashews have more saturated fat than almonds and walnuts, which are both higher in unsaturated fats. But this doesn’t likely affect the health benefits, as the saturated fat content of a serving of cashews is still well below the recommended daily amount.