If you're 49 or older and eat more nuts—especially compared to people who eat very few—you might live longer. One study found that people who ate a moderate amount had about a 24% lower chance of dying over 15 years.

If you're 49 or older, eating a moderate amount of nuts—more than very little but not the most—might help you live longer by lowering your chances of dying from heart disease.

Eating more nuts might help you live longer — studies show people who eat the most nuts have about a 23% lower chance of dying from heart disease or any cause compared to those who eat the least.

Eating more nuts may help older women live longer — especially by lowering their chances of dying from heart disease or stroke over the next 15 years.

If you eat more nuts, you might have a lower chance of getting heart disease — people who eat the most nuts seem to have about 1 in 5 fewer cases of heart problems than those who hardly eat any.

If you're an adult and eat nuts at least seven times a week, you might be less likely to die from any cause over time — about 20% less likely, according to this claim.