From most everything I’ve read, debating that raw nuts are healthier than roasted nuts is equivalent to debating that cooked tomatoes are healthier than raw tomatoes: both factually true, but also largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of our diets.
Eating nuts of any kind (or tomatoes of any kind) is a lot healthier than most other “snack foods,” and just as healthy as almost anything else we can eat.
I’d hate for someone who didn’t like raw nuts to go back to eating chips because of a mistaken belief that roasted nuts are somehow unhealthy/non-nutritious.
Are you sure about that? My understanding is that there is a much more profound difference. But I agree 100% with your last sentence.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/...eggies-are-healthier
http://www.lookchem.com/…-Chemical/14693.html
John
Furthermore
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/health-benefits-nuts-raw-vs-roasted-3920.html
suggests raw almonds are more dangerous in some ways and less healthy.