date:Oct 10, 2013
mary meals. All almond snacks were eaten within approximately two hours after their last meal and two hours before their next meal.
Participants were not given any other dietary instruction other than to follow their usual eating patterns and physical activity. Participant compliance to consuming almonds was monitored through self-reported dietary intake assessments and fasting vitamin E plasma levels. Despite consuming approximately 250 additional calories per day from almonds, participants di