This may be slightly off-topic, but it was brought up...
People often think that roasted nuts are much worse than raw nuts.? However, the research thus far fails to prove this.? Roasting nuts may destroy some of the nutrients, but it certainly does not destroy them all.? In the Adventist Health Study, researchers have found that people who eat 5 servings of nuts?per week have roughly half the risk of heart attacks compared with those who eat <1 serving per week!? This survey did not?separate out nuts by raw vs. roasted (or even tree nuts vs. peanuts).? Many of the study subjects were consuming roasted nuts, and still had more benefits if they ate more nuts.? The wonderful nutrients?(good fats and so on) in nuts?would?seemingly benefit?birds as well.? So, EAT NUTS, roasted or not, and share them with birds as well!
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By the way, I have enjoyed the wonderful experience of hand-feeding Gray Jays myself?at Crater Lake NP, in deep snow?- a fabulous connection with nature!

Edwin Mundall, MD
Yreka, CA
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