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Hey Fit!
Question for you: I've heard from different people and read in different fitness magazines that an ounce of mixed nuts is a good afternoon snack. I don't have a kitchen scale, so off-hand, how much is an ounce? A small handful?
Thanks!
– tshellyedwards
Interestingly enough, I do have a digital kitchen scale; my husband went through a period of weighing portions of food especially nuts! What a coincidence. So I decided to weigh a handful of walnuts and see if it equals the prescribed nut intake of an ounce.
To see how much that handful of nuts weighted, just read more
So it seems that the advice that a handful of nuts in about an ounce is true.
I do, however, have fairly small hands. So, please take hand size into consideration when eye-balling your one ounce handful of nuts.
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I have tiny hands too. So when they say an ounce of meat is the size of your palm I am like WHAT!? No way!
1haha same here. I have baby hands
2I measure my nuts with a measuring cup. One ounce of nuts is 1/4 cup or 1/3 cup. I like to use 1/4.
3I guess if your hands are that much bigger you could afford to eat a few more nuts.
4my nutritionist always said 12-24 nuts is about right. i usually will have 12 almonds which is enough to fill my palm (i too have small hands.)
5Good to know, Fit; nice experiment. Now I kinda want a kitchen scale.
6I want a scale too! Ha.
7count 12 almonds- that has about 60 cals and is supposed to contain fats that help curb your appetite.
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