Brazil nuts are the best way to add selenium to your diet. Selenium is a trace mineral that is essential to good health but required only in small amounts. It is used in creating important antioxidant enzymes that help prevent cellular damage from free radicals. Free radicals are natural by-products of oxygen metabolism that are seen to contribute to the development of chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease. Selenium is also critical for proper thyroid functioning and plays a role in the immune system. The mineral selenium has been shown in multiple studies to be an effective tool in warding off various types of cancer, including breast, esophageal, stomach, prostate, liver and bladder cancers. "It contributes towards the death of cancerous and pre-cancer cells. Their death appears to occur before they replicate, thus helping stop cancer before it gets started, and has also been shown to aid in slowing cancer's progression in patients that already have it.

Eating just two Brazil nuts a day is effective in increasing selenium status and enhancing glutathione peroxidase activity. Glutathione peroxidase is the general name of an enzyme family with peroxidase activity whose main role is the protection of organisms from oxidative damage.

That is why I pay so much for a bag of nuts. Yet it goes a long way. Food To Live product is organic and tastes fresh. I am doing Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn / Dr. John McDougal's diet which is an oil free diet. Nuts is not permitted, but circumstances and the benefits of Brazil Nuts are cause for that change.

That said, I highly recommend Food To Live's Brazil Nuts.

These Brazil nuts are a little different in two ways: taste and texture.
TASTE: Most Brazil nuts I've eaten have a taste that's a little hard to describe, an "earthy" sort of taste, maybe slightly bitter, or metallic, or something. If that taste doesn't appeal to you, you may like these Brazil nuts. A surprise was that they are practically skinless [i.e. naked], almost totally white, instead of some white among the patches of the dark skin. I assume this is the reason for the milder taste, the lack of that stronger earthy taste. Maybe the explanation for the taste difference is that the other Brazil nuts I've eaten are of a lesser quality than these Food to Live nuts.
TEXTURE: This is a little harder to describe. Brazil nuts are naturally dense; these nuts seem just a little less dense, easier to crunch, not quite as hard. They still have a good crunch, a nice bite, but I can eat more of these nuts faster (not a good thing!).
Bottom line: These nuts are not quite as hard, not as dense as other Brazil nuts I've eaten, and they have a milder flavor. I think many people would love that and happily give 5 stars. I miss the harder crunch and slightly bitter taste, so 4 stars instead of 5. BUT (and very important) they are non-GMO (Genetically Modified), they are large, high quality nuts, and I liked the price - so, I would be tempted to order them again.

Fresh. Great taste. Will definitely purchase again.

These are literally sitting on my desk as I type this review. Love these nuts! I can't find them in any store locally, but almost prefer them being shipped right to my door. The only other time I have had Brazil nuts, is around the holidays when the "Bag o Nuts" that you have to shell yourself comes around. These are the nuts that are in the big brown, crescent shaped (ugly, elephant skin looking) shell. Nobody usually eats them because they are hard to shell, but they are so good! They are "Meaty" and have a different texture than cashews or peanuts. I bought these nuts because I've started to hear more about the nutrients they provide, and I'm not a HUGE meat-eater (although I love steak!), and don't eat a lot of fish either.
I have no problems with this particular one, other than the cost being so high, but that is typical for these nuts. I have only had one nut out of half the bag that was "bitter" and that was only because there was a lot of the skin on the nut itself. I signed up for the monthly delivery for one bag, but I think I will change it to 2 bags... maybe 3!

I'm no Brazil Nut guru. Or someone who is overly concerned with organic foods, it's just not really my scene. But I do try to eat healthy and this was a new addition to my diet. For the Selenium, which means I only eat about 2-3 of these nuts a day, usually in a trail mix with almonds and raisins and sometimes other nuts or dried fruit. ANYWAY, these are perfect for that. I haven't had a bad one yet. The nuts are actually very tasty and the bag is easy to seal so I am assuming they will continue to stay fresh as I have only been using them for a month now. So basically, if they are the same price and still "Prime Eligible" when I order more in a couple weeks I'll be reordering this. I have nothing bad to say about them.

I will say I have never bought Brazil Nuts by themselves before so I am not the leading authority on how they should taste, I can only say these taste good to me.