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Nuts are one of the most popular snack foods, and for good reason. They’re delicious, nutrient-dense and portable. Plus, there’s dozens of varieties to choose from. Botanically, nuts are considered dry fruits that are enclosed in a hard shell with a protective husk, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Nuts have an exceptionally high fat content and tend to be higher in calories, which is why they can sometimes get a bad rap. “I think over time that has given the nuts this label. Just because they’re energy-dense doesn’t make them inherently unhealthy. They are also very nutrient dense,” Shannon Stockero, dietitian and spokesperson for The Obesity Society, tells TODAY.com. “Nuts are one food that most Americans could afford to prioritize or include more of in their diet,” says Stockero. That’s because nuts offer a range of impressive health benefits. Benefits of NutsNuts are little nutritional powerhouses. They’re rich in healthy, unsaturated fats, which are beneficial for heart and brain health, Stockero notes. The polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats in nuts can also help lower bad cholesterol.

Bioengineer.org news storyFor millions of people living with HIV, antiretroviral therapy has transformed a once-fatal infection into a manageable chronic condition. Yet the very drugs that suppress the virus can carry quiet costs, and one of the most insidious is bone loss. Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, or TDF, has been a cornerstone of HIV treatment worldwide for two decades, prized for its potency, durability, and low cost. But a growing body of evidence has linked TDF exposure to measurable reductions in bone mineral density, raising an increasingly urgent clinical question: once bone has been lost on a TDF-based regimen, can it be recovered? A new prospective cohort study, published in BMC Infectious Diseases, offers some of the most detailed longitudinal evidence to date that the answer, for many patients, is yes. The research team enrolled 223 virologically suppressed men living with HIV who had low bone mineral density while taking TDF-based antiretroviral therapy.