Eating nuts can reduce the risk of developing cancer and heart disease according to a new study. The study found a logical proof that people eating 28 grams of nuts every day were less expected to have potentially deadly conditions like cancer and heart disease. The nuts included in the study were tree nuts like walnuts and hazelnuts, peanuts and peanut butter.
Past studies have suggested a consumption of nuts is useful while others have discovered eating nuts could be associated with decreased risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Now, the latest study looked at the association between nut consumption and the risk of developing different deadly diseases. To start the study, researchers from Norway and Britain combined 20 previous studies, including 819,448 participants and begun to investigate.
The researchers found out that participants who ate 28 grams of nuts everyday lessened their risk of developing heart disease by roughly 30 percent, the risk of having cancer by nearly 15 percent, a risk of having the cardiovascular disease by almost 21 percent and diabetes by around 39 percent. Overall they have found that nut intake was linked with a decrease in deadly disease threat across most of the participants.
Dagfinn Aune, the co-author of the study, said that nuts and peanuts are high in polyunsaturated fats, magnesium, and fiber which are all beneficial for reducing cardiovascular disease risk and cholesterol levels. She also added that some nuts, especially pecan nuts, and walnuts, are high also in antioxidants which can fight oxidative stress and probably decrease cancer risk.
The research covered all different nuts: tree nuts like cashews, Brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, pistachios, pecans; peanuts, which are legumes; and peanut butter. Peanuts and tree nuts presented protection against cardiovascular disease. However only tree nuts were linked to a reduced risk of cancer, The Globe and Mail have learned.
The sad part, however, is that the findings of the study have not proven that nut intake can prevent those chronic diseases. NHS said it 's hard to dismiss the probability that nuts could be just among components of a healthier lifestyle pattern, including regular exercise and well-balanced diet, emphasizing that it could be this total picture that's lessening risk not only the nuts.
