Nuts

I am currently trying to gain weight and have introduced nuts into my diet .....nuts such as Brazil , Almonds , Hazel, Cashew etc  are often cited here as being full of "good" fats and a good choice to get in some calorie dense food and contribute to weight gain.

I am confused tho' as there are several studies on the web and many opinions that eating such nuts does not actually contribute to weight gain in practice , perhaps because the nuts contain mainly healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats ..or perhaps simply when individuals increase their consumption of nuts which are effective in terms of satiety they automatically compensate by eating less of other foods ? What is your opinion ?

btw ...so far I have not noticed any attributable weight increase..I have however noticed that I am becoming more erm...regular !!

Funnily enough, I heard once that it's a tougher job than you might think for the body to release the calorific oil in nuts ... the teeth & digestion aren't as efficient as, say, a machine for making peanut butter.  And so whole pieces of nut can pass through the digestion unprocessed... oil intact.

Although, I suspect what you might be finding is that you simply need to eat even more calories than you are doing....  A lot of weight-gainers are surprised at how much they need to gain.   Add another 500 cals a day to whatever you're doing now, and try switching from whole nuts to peanut butter, where the fats are 'pre-released'.

I think nuts are healthy fat source which you need regardless of weight gain or loss. I think many diets are trying to have people focus on things like a combo of nutrients because that aids in feeling full. In any regards for you it is a good choice and for someone on weight gain they could eat more then someone who is not. I do feel for me that too many nuts cause stomach issues but the spread or a smaller amount I am fine with. Also if you are not gaining it is because your calories are not high enough like gi stated. No one type of food is going to make you gain it is overall calories.

thanks for the replies ...I do believe that nuts are a bit of an anomoly in that despite being calorie dense they do seem less likely to contribute to weight gain than other foods, and given their nutrition benefits should certainly be part of a balanced diet.

I'm just intrigued by the studies that demonstrate nuts are unlikely in moderation to pile on the pounds despite being high in calories..this contradicts with my previous thinking that a calorie is a calorie regardless of where it originates..in the case of nuts there seems to be something else going on.-  nuts don’t seem to impact body weight negatively, at all. So whats going on?
Satiety: Nuts appear to increase fullness therefore nut intake may result in a decrease in food intake later in the day such that total energy balance is unchanged.
Increased Energy Expenditure: Some studies suggest an increase in energy expenditure due to nut intake; some studies even report an increase in resting energy expenditure  This could be due to the protein content or the fatty acid profile. Anecdotally, I have certainly noticed an increase in my energy reserves when exercising after an intake of nuts.
Increased Fecal Energy Loss: This one amuses and intrigues me....my own patterns certainly seem to agree with the finding.....With nut consumption, there is increased energy loss in your poop, that is, some proportion (one study found a 7% increase) of ingested calories are excreted without absorption. This is likely due to the fiber content of the nuts or some other compound that limits digestive/absorption capacity for nuts.
So maybe nuts are indeed a "superfood" - just don't eat them salted - or sugar or chocolate coated !!