Hi, thanks for stopping by.  This page was created because so many people in the food business ask if I'm a "real doctor" or just someone using the name...like a "rug doctor."

The credit starts with my mother, Paula.  Back in the mid 1960's, long before "health food" was popular, my mother was interested in good nutrition. 

For lunch, other kids had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on white bread and a sugary cake for desert. My brother and I used to get sandwiches on brown wheat bread and some fruit.  At the time we felt persecuted.  We thought our mother was strange.

Now we realize Mom was way ahead of her time! Following Mom's example, I began to learn about the health benefits of almonds from the medical and scientific literature in early 2001. 

I couldn't believe how good almonds are.  Yet when I spoke about it people thought I was, well, "nuts"... the same way we thought cardiologists were "nuts" back in the 1980's telling us that taking an aspirin could prevent a heart attack.

Today more and more people are learning about the health benefits of almonds.  I think it's important to include nuts, and especially almonds, in our diets on a regular basis.  Our Awesome Almonds® were especially created with your healthy snacking in mind.

Kenny and Harry (circa 1970)

Philadelphia, PA

If you enjoy our product, then thank my mother for sending two little boys to school with sandwiches made with whole wheat bread.

Kenneth M. Lankin, MD