Nuts are a good source of unsaturated fatty acids, dietary fibre, vitamins, and minerals, but their association with cardiovascular disease is uncertain. Guasch-Ferré and colleagues analysed data from three large, prospective cohort studies involving 169,310 women from the Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II and 41,526 men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. Higher overall consumption of nuts was associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease, but no difference in stroke. Specifically, eating more peanuts, tree nuts, or walnuts was inversely associated with risk of cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease. “Our findings support recommendations of increasing the intake of a variety of nuts as part of healthy dietary patterns,” conclude the investigators.
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Guasch-Ferré, M. et al. Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 70, 2519–2532 (2017)
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Lim, G. Nuts reduce risk of cardiovascular disease. Nat Rev Cardiol 15, 4 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2017.196
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