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There are some foods I have been eating all my life and totally believe they have helped me to be in the shape I am today. (I take no medicine and am very active and eat anything I want but in moderation). Don’t get me wrong I am not a doctor, have no medical training in nutrition but do believe in the food I am writing about. If you eat something most of your life and you are healthy it must be doing you good.
I love all nuts and eat them all the time but my favorite is walnuts. We had walnut trees in our yard when I was a child. My mother made the most wonderful jam cakes and filled them with walnuts. (Yes, I know Southern pecans are wonderful, too.) My children grew up on a farm and we had walnut trees in the backyard. We…
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