The Claim

Higher frequency of nut consumption is associated with a 20% lower risk of death from all causes in adults, with a hazard ratio of 0.80 (95% CI, 0.73 to 0.86) for those consuming nuts seven or more times per week compared to non-consumers, after adjustment for age, smoking, physical activity, BMI, and other dietary factors.

Source: Association of Nut Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality

What the research says

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Supports
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Challenges
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Correlation
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In plain English

Adults who eat nuts seven or more times per week have a 20% lower risk of dying from any cause compared to adults who do not eat nuts, based on long-term observations of health professionals.

See the scientific wording

Higher frequency of nut consumption is associated with a 20% lower risk of death from all causes in adults, with a dose-dependent relationship observed: those consuming nuts seven or more times per week had a hazard ratio of 0.80 (95% CI, 0.73 to 0.86) compared to non-consumers, after adjusting for age, smoking, physical activity, BMI, and other dietary factors across two large U.S. cohorts totaling 119,000 health professionals followed for up to 30 years.

Why this might work

Eating nuts regularly lowers harmful inflammation and damage from free radicals in the body, which improves blood vessel health and how the body uses sugar and fat, making it less likely for deadly diseases to develop.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Association of Nut Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality

    People who ate nuts seven or more times a week were 20% less likely to die over the study period than those who never ate nuts, even when scientists accounted for other healthy habits — so eating nuts regularly is linked to living longer.

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