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Daily Mail UK explores why a handful of nuts can significantly reduce your chances of dying early. Walnuts, sunflower seeds and pecans are rich in antioxidants that protect the body against cell damage.
Peanuts were found to be really healthy that a review suggested peanut butter can help people live longer. But you need to consider the sugar and salt content as this may cancel out the benefits.
The analysis revealed findings that the people from the 20 studies lowered their risk of heart disease by almost a third.
Eat Nuts Every Day To Cut Heart And Cancer Risk: Reduce Chance Of Dying Early By A Fifth
The review highlights that walnuts may be particularly good at warding off cancer, and peanuts at reducing the risk of stroke.
The handful of nuts a day can include tree nuts, defined as dry fruit containing one seed within the ovary wall which becomes hard at maturity. These include walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios and pecans. Read more…
Imperial.ac.uk says that 20 grams of nut consumption is all that you need for decreasing respiratory disease by half and diabetes by 40 percent.
The team looked into at least 29 studies which were published from around the world. It had a total of 819,000 participants with 12,000 cases of coronary heart disease, 9,000 cases of stroke, 18,000 cases of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Nuts Cut The Risk Of A Wide Range Of Diseases
While there was some variation between the populations that were studied, such as between men and women, people living in different regions, or people with different risk factors, the researchers found that nut consumption was associated with a reduction in disease risk across most of them. Read more…
NHS.UK says that this was a review which had a purpose in mind: to closely analyze the connection between nut consumption and health risks. There were past studies that suggested nuts are quite beneficial. But the researchers wanted to look at a bigger population by compiling literature.
The study was spearheaded by the researchers from Imperial College London and Norwegian University of Science and Technology. It was released in the journal BMC Medicine.
Nuts Cut Heart Disease And Cancer Risk
Previous studies have suggested an intake of nuts is beneficial, and some have found it could be linked with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Other studies though have found no link. The researchers consider the possibility that there is a weak link and that’s what they aimed to look at. Read more…
Even if there is no concrete evidence that nuts are the ones responsible for a positive outcome, it still wouldn’t hurt to add it to our dietary regimen.
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