The Claim
Higher nut consumption is associated with a 55% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality and a 40% lower risk of cancer mortality in older adults at high cardiovascular risk.
What the research says
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Older adults with high cardiovascular risk who eat more nuts have a 55% lower rate of death from heart disease and a 40% lower rate of death from cancer compared to those who eat fewer nuts.
See the scientific wording
Higher nut consumption is associated with a 55% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality and a 40% lower risk of cancer mortality in older adults at high cardiovascular risk, suggesting a protective effect across multiple causes of death.
Eating nuts lowers harmful inflammation and damage from free radicals in the blood, which makes blood vessels work better and stops abnormal cell growth from turning into cancer.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Frequency of nut consumption and mortality risk in the PREDIMED nutrition intervention trial
People over 55 with heart disease risk who ate more than three handfuls of nuts a week were much less likely to die from heart disease or cancer, just like the claim says.
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