This is how many nuts you should eat to protect your health as the years go by

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08.09.2023

As the years go by, the elderly may lose their ability to absorb and recover from illness. Their physical resilience reduces and they become fragile. According to a Chinese epidemiological analysis of data collected in America, nuts may help prevent frailty.

This is how many nuts you should eat to protect your health as the years go by

Study

Researchers at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine analyzed data from 10,033 Americans over the age of 60 who had participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2003-2018.

Based on the questionnaires that the participants had completed, the researchers had an idea of their diet. The researchers knew approximately how many nuts the study participants ate. By the way, they included not only nuts that grow on trees, but also peanuts, seeds such as flax seed, sesame seed and pumpkin seed and products made from them, such as peanut butter and sesame paste.

A bit of an unnecessarily broad definition, if you ask us. But we'll have to make do with it.

Results
36 percent of the study participants were frail to a greater or lesser extent. If the study participants ate 34 grams of nuts or seeds daily, the chance of this was 30 percent smaller. 34 grams equates to a handful.

This association surfaced after the researchers brushed off the effect of as many other factors as possible. That is what the table below tells you. Click on it for a larger version.

Mechanism
Nuts and seeds are a good source of vitamin E, but also provide magnesium, polyphenols, vegetable proteins and unsaturated fatty acids. Together, these components may inhibit aging, the researchers suggest.

More coming soon.

Source:
J Hum Nutr Diet. 2023 Jul 13. doi: 10.1111/jhn.13208. Online ahead of print.

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