Nuts reduce the chances of diabetic patients with heart problems

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Diabetics who eat nuts regularly are less likely to suffer from heart problems than those who do not eat or eat at all, according to a US study.

The study found that diabetics who ate 28 grams of nuts at least five times a week were 17% less likely to suffer from heart disease than those who ate it once a week.

But eating nuts, even once a week, is always good for the heart in general. For diabetics, eating nuts once a week is associated with a 3% reduction in the risk of heart disease and a 6% reduction in the risk of dying from heart problems.

"These data provide new evidence to support the recommendation to incorporate nuts into healthy eating habits to prevent the complications of cardiovascular disease and premature death," said Zhang Liu, a nutrition researcher at H Chan School of Public Health at Boston Harvard University and lead author of the study. Among people with diabetes. "

Eating nuts can help increase the ability to control blood sugar, among other things because it is rich in nutrients such as unsaturated fatty acids, fiber, vitamin E, folic acid, calcium, potassium and magnesium.

For this study, researchers used self-administered diet surveys of 162,217 men and women before and after the diagnosis of diabetes. Researchers asked participants to eat peanuts and nuts for years. All participants had type 2 diabetes, the type most often associated with age and obesity.

"The ideal amount is between 28 and 42 grams of nuts a day," said Emilo Ross, a physician at the Barcelona Hospital, who did not participate in the study published in the journal Research Research. It is better to recommend a lot of dehydrated nuts. "(Reuters)