Back to Nuts — A Real Healthy Treat

Apart from weight issues, nuts seem to have some protective effects against heart disease. Numerous studies have shown that if you put people on nut-filled diets, favorable effects on cholesterol levels, blood pressure readings, and inflammatory factors follow. And in large epidemiologic studies (the study of patterns of health and illness and associated factors at the population level) , high nut consumption has been associated with lower rates of heart disease.

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