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Nuts are part of a healthy TurboCharged diet for a reason. There has been a consistent association between nut consumption, health and longevity. It may be the fats they contain or the polyphenol compounds we that wrote about in last week’s blog, some other yet to be discovered compound or the synergistic effect of the whole delicious package nature has provided.
According to Harvard researchers, people who eat nuts regularly were less likely to die of cancer, heart disease or any other cause during a 30-year study.
Nuts had previously been identified as heart-healthy and now the largest study ever done shows that eating them has a beneficial effect on mortality.
The study tracked 119,000 men and women and concluded that daily nut eaters were 20% less likely to die during the study period than those who never ate nuts. Eating nuts less frequently also lowered risk of death in direct proportion to overall consumption.
These benefits came from a wide variety of tree nuts as well as peanuts. The study didn’t look at how the nuts were prepared.
There was a 29% less risk of heart disease and 11% less risk of cancer for nut eaters when compared to those who never eat them.
Seventh Day Adventists, known for nut consumption, have also been cited as having greater longevity than the general population. This is most often associated with their common avoidance of meat but nuts seem to have an effect regardless.
The nut eaters in the study were also leaner than the non-nut eaters which slays the myth that nuts are fattening which is good news for nut lovers.
“There’s a general perception that if you eat more nuts you’re going to get fat. Our results show the opposite,” said lead researcher Dr. Ying Bao of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Earlier this year, the Harvard group released its that a Mediterranean-style diet supplemented with nuts cut the chance of heart-related problems, especially strokes, in older people at high risk of them.
Other studies show nut consumption lowers risk of heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer and other chronic diseases.
Even small amounts made a difference; when compared with people who never ate nuts, eating them less than once a week reduced risk of death by 7%; once a week by 11%; 2-4 times a week by 13%; and 7 or more times a week by 20%.
This seems to be an example of where a little is good but more is actually better, although most benefits came from eating an average of one ounce of nuts daily. Since on one knows exactly what it is about nuts that provides the health benefits or which ones are best, you should eat a variety.
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