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New study shows nuts reduce cardiovascular disease risk up to 55%
- drpgq 13y agoSo was the low fat recommendations by the health establishment one of the more epic failures in human history?
- tmikaeld 13y agoSeems quite speculative, as mentioned in the comments. How are the nuts prepared?
- greenyoda 13y agoNote that these results are not the results of controlled experiments. The people who were eating nuts had other attributes that could have accounted for their better health: Specifically, several confounding variables in the data could have accounted for part of the “nut effect”. The confounding variables included BMI, smoking, and exercise. Those that consumed nuts and ate a Mediterranean diet also had a lower BMI, a lower waist circumference, were less likely to smoke, and were more physically active. These factors may have “skewed” the results in favor of the “nut eaters.” Also, the people who eat more nuts are probably eating less of something else. Since nuts are frequently eaten as snacks, it's likely that they're eating nuts instead of sugary, processed food like cookies or candy. So the improved health could be the result of what they're not eating rather than what they are eating. Edit: Reading the article reminded me of this paper: "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False" (2005) By John P. A. Ioannidis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182327/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182327/ There's also a discussion of Ioannidis' work here: "Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science" (2010) http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/308269/?single_page=true http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-dam...
- nodata 13y agoI thought the Mediterranean diet didn't count for non-Mediterranean people? i.e. it was the culture of eating rather than the content of the diet that made it healthy. (Rather than "clean your plate", "second helpings", and "eat til you're full") Edit: here is a link for the French diet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_paradox
- vixen99 13y agoNo - check out numerous studies that attest to benefits of the diet itself which is not to say that cultural features are not significant.
- raverbashing 13y agoThere's another thing at play as well: what's "nuts"? It's more of a linguistic categorization than anything else. And even though they may share some dietetic properties, well, Brazil nuts are one thing, Almonds are another, Pistachios are another.
- tomp 13y agoAnd peanuts are not even nuts! (But legumes.)
- traughber 13y agoThis is nuts.
- polskibus 13y agoIf this is true, squirrels should be immortal. Seriously though, nuts are quite hard to digest - you shouldnt really eat a lot of them especially when you are old - digesting nuts puts excessive strain on your liver, etc.
- Fundlab 13y agoBoiled peanuts are anything but hard to digest. It appears the mode of preparation or consumption determines the level of strain it puts on the digestive system. BTW i have a 90yr old dad who consumes roasted and salted peanuts daily. YMMV
- yconst 13y agoNot even having read the article, I just want to express my disgust towards the often used "up to x" type statistics and their deceptive misguiding nature.
- debugunit 13y agoSubmitter here - guilty as charged. Apologies.
- username42 13y agoThen nutella is healthy ? I can put back http://www.nutelladay.com/ http://www.nutelladay.com/ in my bookmarks ?
- vixen99 13y agoOne question on this should be does the 'modified palm oil' reported as one of the constituents, contain trans fats. i wouldn't touch it until I am reassured on that.
- brazzy 13y agoIt's unlikely that the effect of its 13% hazelnut content offsets the over 50% pure sugar. But then, the very idea of "healthy" and "unhealthy" foods is a fallacy. What's healthy or unhealthy is your diet in its entirety.
- paul_f 13y agoAre peanuts really nuts in this context? The article mentions them, but my understanding is that they are legumes, not nuts.
- lobster_johnson 13y agoThe study actually distinguishes between "tree nuts" and "peanuts", with separate variables for each.
- CmonDev 13y agoI just knew dough nuts are ought to be healthy!