Dispensary Corner 25 Nov 13
November 25, 2013
Go nuts for nuts.
That’s the advice of a report
published in the New England
Journal of Medicine, with a study
which found that people who
regularly eat nuts appear to live
longer than non-nut-munchers.
Interestingly, there was a
correlation between those who
ate nuts and a healthy lifestyle,
but the nuts themselves were also
found to contribute to a longer
lifespan, reports the BBC.
The study followed almost
120,000 people over a 30 year
period, and the more reguarly
people consumed nuts, the less
likely they were to die.
Those who ate nuts once a week
were 11% less likely to have died
during the study than those who
never ate nuts.
And subjects who had a daily
serve of nuts had a reduced death
rate during the study of 20%.
The nuts were found to impact
death rates due to heart disease
(29%) and cancer (11%).
The researchers suggested that
the nuts were having an impact
on levels of cholesterol and
insulin resistance.
The study was funded by the US
National Institutes of Health along
with the International Tree Nut
Council Nutrition Research and
Education Foundation.
The British Heart Foundation
said that more research was
needed to verify the connection.
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