Obama: I Don’t Really Count out Seven Almonds; This Was a Joke

GUTHRIE: "A lot of people were interested to learn that you have a late-night snack every night of exactly seven almonds."
OBAMA: "Thank you for raising this."
GUTHRIE: "Why not eight?"
OBAMA: "Well, this is an example of the weird way that the press works. So Michelle and Sam Kass, who was our chef here, one night they were talking about me and teasing me about how disciplined I was, that I didn't have potato chips or I didn’t have a piece of cake. And this is when Michelle said, 'Yes, and he just has seven almonds. That’s it.'"