The Claim
In older adults at high cardiovascular risk, higher nut consumption is associated with a 55% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality and a 40% lower risk of cancer mortality over nearly five years of follow-up.
What the research says
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Among older adults with high cardiovascular risk, eating more nuts is linked to a 55% reduction in deaths from heart disease and a 40% reduction in deaths from cancer over a period of nearly five years.
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In older adults at high cardiovascular risk, higher nut consumption is associated with a 55% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality and a 40% lower risk of cancer mortality over nearly five years of follow-up.
Eating nuts lowers harmful inflammation and damage from free radicals in the blood, which makes blood vessels work better and stops abnormal cell growth that leads to cancer and heart disease.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Frequency of nut consumption and mortality risk in the PREDIMED nutrition intervention trial
In older people at high risk for heart disease, eating a handful of nuts three or more times a week was linked to a big drop in deaths from heart problems and cancer over nearly five years — just like the claim says.
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