CAMBRIDGE , MASSACHUSETTS —A recent study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health and published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that eating tree nuts could decrease your risk of death related to chronic illness.
The study analyzed two large studies, which included 76,464 participants that were conducted between 1980 and 2010. All of the participants filled out detailed food questionnaires every two to four years, and were asked to estimate how often they consumed nuts in a serving size (one ounce).
The team found that those who ate one full serving of nuts (one ounce) every day significantly minimized their risk of chronic disease. Specifically, they found that those who consumed nuts 5-6 times per week had a 15 percent reduction in mortality and those who consumed nuts 7 or more times per week had a 20 percent reduction in mortality from chronic diseases (cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes).
The researchers noted that tree nuts include walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, cashews, pecans, and pistachios).
If you are interested in reducing your risk of death from chronic disease, you might want to consider adding tree nuts to your daily diet.
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