Health problems prevented by eating nuts (perhaps due to Magnesium and or Omega-3) – meta-analysis

Created December 2016

Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

BMC Medicine 201614:207, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0730-3 Received: 28 Jan 2016A, Published: 5 Dec2016

Dagfinn Aune, NaNa Keum, Edward Giovannucci, Lars T. Fadnes, Paolo Boffetta, Darren C. Greenwood, Serena Tonstad, Lars J. Vatten, Elio Riboli and Teresa Norat

Background

Although nut consumption has been associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality, data on less common causes of death has not been systematically assessed. Previous reviews missed several studies and additional studies have since been published. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality.

Methods

PubMed and Embase were searched for prospective studies of nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in adult populations published up to July 19, 2016. Summary relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using random-effects models. The burden of mortality attributable to low nut consumption was calculated for selected regions.

Results

Twenty studies (29 publications) were included in the meta-analysis.

The summary RRs per 28 grams/day increase in nut intake was for


Problem	Risk Reduction	Statistics	1. of studies
coronary heart disease	0.71	95% CI: 0.63–0.80, I2 = 47%	n = 11
stroke	0.93	95% CI: 0.83–1.05, I2 = 14%	n = 11
cardiovascular disease	0.79	95% CI: 0.70–0.88, I2 = 60%	n = 12
total cancer	0.85	95% CI: 0.76–0.94, I2 = 42%	n = 8
all-cause mortality	0.78	95% CI: 0.72–0.84, I2 = 66%	n = 15
mortality from respiratory disease	0.48	95% CI: 0.26–0.89, I2 = 61%	n = 3
mortality from diabetes	0.61	95% CI: 0.43–0.88, I2 = 0%	n = 4
mortality from neurodegenerative disease	0.65	95% CI: 0.40–1.08, I2 = 5.9%	n = 3
mortality from infectious disease	0.25	95% CI: 0.07–0.85, I2 = 54%	n = 2
mortality from kidney disease	0.27	95% CI: 0.04–1.91, I2 = 61%	n = 2

The results were similar for tree nuts and peanuts.

If the associations are causal, an estimated 4.4 million premature deaths in the America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Western Pacific would be attributable to a nut intake below 20 grams per day in 2013.

Conclusion

Higher nut intake is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality, and mortality from respiratory disease, diabetes, and infections.

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Health problems prevented by eating nuts (perhaps due to Magnesium and or Omega-3) – meta-analysis

Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

Nuts have varying amounts of Magnesium, Omega-3, Boron, Selenium, and Antioxidents

Respiratory

Diabetes

Cognitive Disease (Alzheimer's Parkinson's, etc)

Note: some of the benefit found may be due to healthier living/eating which is associated with eating nuts

Note: founder of Vitamin D Life daily

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