Health and Functionality in a Nutshell

Understanding the broad diversity of nuts can make a person confused or—dare I say—even a little nutty. This is because nuts belong to many different plant families with many different forms and characteristics from many different origins around the globe. If one attempted to do a family tree for nuts, one would find many distant cousins, to say the least.

Let’s look at a few examples of this diverse group. The most obvious one is the peanut—which isn’t even a nut, but a legume that grows undergr…