NUT CONSUMPTION REDUCES TOTAL MORTALITY
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DAVIS, Calif.—Consumption of nuts—almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts—was inversely associated with total mortality in both men and women, independent of other predictors for death, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In addition, there were significant inverse associations for deaths due tocancer, heart disease and respiratory disease.
Harvard researchers looked at the association of nut consumption with total and cause-specific mortality among 76,464 women in the Nurses’ Health Study (1980–2010) and 42,498 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986–2010), compiling the largest study of its kind to date.
Results concluded individuals who consumed a 1-ounce serving of nuts seven or more times per week had a 20% lower death rate compared to those who did not eat nuts, said lead author Ying Bao, M.D., Sc.D., department of medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. “Those who consumed more nuts were also leaner, and tended to have a healthy lifestyle, such as smoking less and exercising more," Bao said.
Nuts contain nutrients such as unsaturated fats, protein, vitamins (vitamin E, folate and niacin) minerals (magnesium, calcium and potassium) and phytochemicals—all of which may offer cardioprotective, anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
“With current nut consumption well below the recommended 1.5 ounces of nuts per day, we need to continue to encourage people to have a handful of nuts every day," said Maureen Ternus, M.S., R.D., executive director, International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation (INC NREF).
Harvard researchers looked at the association of nut consumption with total and cause-specific mortality among 76,464 women in the Nurses’ Health Study (1980–2010) and 42,498 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986–2010), compiling the largest study of its kind to date.
Results concluded individuals who consumed a 1-ounce serving of nuts seven or more times per week had a 20% lower death rate compared to those who did not eat nuts, said lead author Ying Bao, M.D., Sc.D., department of medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. “Those who consumed more nuts were also leaner, and tended to have a healthy lifestyle, such as smoking less and exercising more," Bao said.
Nuts contain nutrients such as unsaturated fats, protein, vitamins (vitamin E, folate and niacin) minerals (magnesium, calcium and potassium) and phytochemicals—all of which may offer cardioprotective, anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
“With current nut consumption well below the recommended 1.5 ounces of nuts per day, we need to continue to encourage people to have a handful of nuts every day," said Maureen Ternus, M.S., R.D., executive director, International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation (INC NREF).
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