Almonds are a nutritious, portable, low carbohydrate food that can be used in cooking or eaten as is
Almonds can be purchased, salted, unsalted, raw, or roasted
They can be turned into almond butter, made into almond milk, or ground as almond meal
Raw and roasted almonds are sodium free, which is important for those people who have a history of hypertension or are looking to lower their sodium intake for other reasons