Even though they’re all found in the same aisle at the grocery store, there’s one key difference between tree nuts (which include almonds, walnuts, cashews, and pistachios, to name a few) and peanuts.

In a paper[1] published online this week in the journal, Nutrients, researchers found that consuming mixed tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, ...

ree nuts, such as almonds, walnuts, pistachios, pecans, hazelnuts, macadamias and cashews, are nutrient-dense, plant-based foods rich in unsaturated fats, dietary fibre, protein and micronutrients.