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The article appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine
of Martha Buonadonna
Into The news comes from a study published in very serious New England Journal of Medicine and carried out by three research institutes Americans, illustrating: the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Bringham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health. For this the fact that it was partly funded by the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & edication Foundation, a non profit organization representing the industries that produce dried fruit and nuts, there seems sufficient to undermine its credibility. Here’s what they concluded the authors of the research: those who consume nuts, hazelnuts, almonds, cashews, pine nuts etc.. sees in practice lower their risk of death .
Into “The most obvious benefit,” says Charles S. Fuchs, director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at Dana-Farber, “was the 29% reduction of deaths related to heart disease , the leading killer of Americans. But we have also seen a significant reduction in the risk of cancer mortality: -11% . ” For their analysis, the authors drew the databases of two major observational studies of long duration that collect data on diet and other factors related to the lifestyle of the participants: the Nurses’ Health Study, conducted on nurses from 1980 to 2010, which has provided data on more than 76 thousand women , and the Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, which has followed the health professionals from 1986 to 2010 and provided data on more than 42 thousand men .
Into The participants in both studies completed every 2-4 years detailed questionnaires on diet followed. Among the questions there were also some of the nuts that were designed to detect the frequency of consumption. Many interesting facts have emerged from the analysis. Those who ate the most nuts tended thinner , consuming more fruits and vegetables, were less likely to smoked and most likely did exercise , but usually drank more alcohol . Regardless of all these factors, however, the researchers were able to isolate the role of the only consumption of hazel nuts & co. health and risk of death of the participants.
Into “In all analyzes, more nuts people ate, had less likely to die during the 30 years of follow-up,” says Ying Bao , of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Those who ate less than one ounce (equivalent to slightly less than 30 grams) per week had a reduction in mortality of 7%, rising to 11% for those who ate an ounce per week until you reach the 20% reduction in mortality for those who consumed more than one ounce per day of walnuts and hazelnuts.
not find a significant difference in reducing mortality among peanuts and other nuts, but they confirm the benefits of the consumption of these products already demonstrated in previous studies, which had established the existence of a link between their intake and a decreased risk of heart disease, diabetes Type 2 colon cancer . Although the authors of this research note that their findings are not sufficient to establish a definitive cause-and-effect, it is clear the link between the consumption of nuts and protection against certain diseases . No coincidence that since 2003 the FDA claims that eating an ounce and a half (about mezz’etto) per day “may reduce the risk of heart disease.”
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