Environmental Pollutants and Nutrition: Nuts and Seeds
minerals, there is no Recom-mended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for phytonutrients. A nut is defined as "a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel." A seed is defined as "the grain or ripened ovule of plants used for sowing." Peanuts are actually a legume rather than a tree nut. Most commonly