Dr Corinne Chicheportiche-Ayache explains when and how to eat pistachio to benefit from his health benefits without weight gain.
The pistachio is the trendy shell fruit in 2025. It is no longer eaten only as an aperitif but also in snacks in the morning or the afternoon to fill a small hollow. However, if the pistachio has many health virtues, it is also very caloric: “It is an oilseed and” oleo “means” oil “, it is therefore a product whose amount of fat is important and the caloric content quite significant” Reminds us of the nutritionist Corinne Chicheportiche-Ayache. 100 grams of pistachios thus concentrate 600 calories. What brake the number of handles …
The pistachio is therefore not eaten at will. It is necessary to use its nutritional qualities (21% vegetable proteins, unsaturated fats, vitamins B, C and E, fibers) without making it get fat. “You can eat it when you watch your weight, reassures our interlocutor. Globally, oilseeds do not get fat and the consumption of hull fruits such as pistachio does not cause weight gain, or increase in the waist, or increase in BMI if it is part of a balanced diet and correct physical activity“Before emphasizing that “Pistachio fibers contribute to satiety, the signal to say that we have eaten enough”. The pistachio therefore has an appetite suppressant effect. “Eating it in snacks is the ideal moment of the day because it will allow to hold until dinner and not to eat too much in the evening.”
For Dr Corinne Chicheportiche-Ayache, the best is to buy unclipped pistachios: “When we have to dissect them, we take more time to eat them and we are more aware of what we do. And by visualizing the shells of empty pistachios, we visualize the quantity of what we have eaten and we manage the quantities better.” In practice, you can eat a handful of pistachios per day “Or 20 to 30 grams which corresponds to 49 pistachios and 160 calories” indicates the specialist.
It is advisable to favor references without salt, especially for cardiac people, who suffer from kidney failure, or ill -balanced hypertension. “There is a cross allergy with pistachios and peanuts and other shell fruits so you have to be careful if you are in this case. You also have to eat pistachios carefully when you have oxalate calculations” prevents our interlocutor. Finally, be careful with the pistachio cream that we see in supermarkets. “You lose all the initial quality of the pistachio in this form.” For our interlocutor, if we want to be tempted, we must favor raw pistachio cream, nature and without added sugars, and always with Mo-Dé-Ra -ion.
