Peanut Eaters May Live Longer
Mar-05-2015

Peanuts may not only be a tasty snack but they may also help people live longer, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that the people in the study who ate the most peanuts and tree nuts (such as walnuts, pecans and almonds) every day had a lower risk of dying over a five- or six-year period than the people who ate the least peanuts and tree nuts, or none of them.

Consuming nuts and peanuts was linked with fewer overall deaths as well as fewer deaths from heart-related problems, according to the study published online today (March 2) in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.

"We showed that peanuts have similar cardiovascular benefits to tree nuts," said study researcher Dr. Xiao-Ou Shu, a professor of medicine in the division of epidemiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

"If people are not allergic to them, they should consider eating more peanuts for their heart-health benefits because they are cheaper and more affordable than other nuts," Shu said.

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