Go nuts over nuts – reduce chances of death from heart disease

#HeartDisease #peanuts #VanderbiltUniversity #health Researchers in the United States have gone nuts over nuts because, after analyzing thousands of different categories of men and women, a team of the Vanderbilt University in Nashville has concluded that a regular intake of a handful of nuts can reduce chances of death from heart disease. This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 3 March 2015.
The study was carried out to establish whether nuts and peanuts were linked to a reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease in different ethnic groups and among people with low socio-economic status. If so, it could prove to be a cost effective way to improve cardiovascular health. Incidentally, nuts are rich in nutrients while peanuts, which are legumes, have nutrients similar to tree nuts.
Xiao-Ou Shu and her co-authors carried out analysis of three groups involving 71,764 low-income black and white men and women in the United States and 134,265 Chinese men and women in Shanghai. It seems men both in the US and in China consumed more peanuts than women.
The consumption of peanuts was roughly 50 percent In the US, but in China, the assessment was done only for consumption of peanuts.
The findings were that in the US, there was a reduced risk of total mortality of 21 per cent for those who consumed the most peanuts. In contrast, in China, the risk reduction was 17 per cent.