People who ate nuts were 7% to 20% less likely to die during follow-up compared to people who did not eat nuts according to a study looking at data from 76,464 women in the Nurses’ Health Study (1980-2010) and 42,498 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2010).

Comparing those who ate nuts to those who did not, they found a:

• 7% lower risk of dying in those who ate nuts less than once per week
• 11% lower risk of dying in those who ate nuts once (1) per week
• 13% lower risk of dying in those who ate nuts 2-4 times per week
• 15% lower risk of dying in those who ate nuts 5-6 times per week
• 20% lower risk of dying in those who ate nuts 7 or more times per week

“In two large, independent cohorts of nurses and other health professionals, the frequency of nut consumption was inversely associated with total and cause-specific mortality, independently of other predictors of death,” the authors of the study concluded.

People who eat four (4) servings of nuts per week have a 37% lower risk of coronary heart disease compared to people who seldom or never consume nuts according to analysis of data from four (4) large epidemiological studies.

Each serving of nuts per week (one ounce or 30 grams) reduced the risk of coronary heart disease death by 8.3%.

“Collectively, the epidemiological data indicates nuts may be one of the most cardio-protective whole foods commonly eaten,” the authors of the paper concluded.

“Simply eating more nuts could save many lives.”

People who consumed nuts (less than one serving per week) versus people who did not consume nuts were 11% less likely to die over a median follow-up of 7 years according to a study from Iran.

They studied a group of people where nut consumption does not track with a healthy lifestyle.

People who consumed one to less than three (1-3) servings of nuts per week were 25% less likely to die over a median follow-up of 7 years than people who did not consume nuts according to a study from Iran.

They studied a group of people where nut consumption does not track with a healthy lifestyle.

People who consumed three or more servings of nuts per week were 29% less likely to die over a median follow-up of 7 years than people who did not consume nuts according to a study from Iran.

They studied a group of people where nut consumption does not track with a healthy lifestyle.

People eating a high amount of tree nuts, an average of 0.6 ounces per day (16 grams), but a low amount of peanuts, where 46% less likely to be obese compared to people who ate a low amount of tree nuts and a low amount of peanuts according to a study of 803 adults done by researchers at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, USA.

People eating a high amount of tree nuts, an average of 0.6 ounces per day (17 grams) plus a high amount of peanuts (0.5 ounces or 15 grams per day), where 37% less likely to be obese compared to people who ate a low amount of tree nuts and a low amount of peanuts according to a study of 803 adults done by researchers at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, USA.

People eating a high amount of peanuts, an average of 0.5 ounces per day (14 grams), but a low amount of tree nuts, where 11% less likely to be obese compared to people who ate a low amount of peanuts (an average of 4 grams per day) and a low amount of tree nuts according to a study of 803 adults done by researchers at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, USA.

“The high consumption of peanuts, walnuts, or almonds significantly reduced the risk for breast cancer by 2-3 times,” according to a recent study from Mexico.

“This protective effect was not found with low or moderate seed consumption when compared with null [no] consumption.”

Eating nuts has been associated with weight loss.

A recent study found that people extract 21% fewer calories from walnuts than what is listed on the label.

A one ounce (28 gram) serving of walnuts provides 146 calories rather than 185 calories as previously thought.

This helps to explain why eating tree nuts are associated with weight loss.

Eating almonds and nuts is associated with weight loss.

A recent study found that approximately 3% fewer calories were absorbed from the daily diet when people incorporated 1.5 ounces of almonds in their daily diet.

This means that for people consuming a diet of 2000 to 3000 calories per day, they would absorb 60-90 fewer calories.

Eating almonds and nuts is associated with weight loss.

A recent study found that “When an 84-g[ram] serving of almonds [3 ounces] was incorporated into the diet daily, the energy digestibility of the diet as a whole decreased by [approximately] 5%.”

In other words, 5% fewer daily calories were absorbed for the entire diet.

“Therefore, for individuals with energy intakes between 2000 and 3000 [calories per day], incorporation of 84 [grams] almonds [3 ounces] into the diet daily in exchange for highly digestible foods would result in a reduction of available energy of 100–150 [calories per day],” the authors write.

“With a weight- reduction diet, this deficit could result in more than a pound of weight loss per month.”

Eating almonds and nuts has been associated with weight loss.

A recent study found that people extract 32% fewer calories from almonds than what is listed on the label.

A one ounce (28 gram) serving of almonds provide 129 calories rather than 170 calories as previously thought.

This helps to explain why eating almonds are associated with weight loss.

One serving of nuts per day—one ounce or 28 grams—was associated with a 17% lower total risk of death over the next 4 to 30 years according to an meta-analysis of 18 studies that looked at nut consumption.

People who ate 5-10 grams of nuts per day (roughly 0.2 to 0.4 ounces)—tree nuts or peanuts, but not peanut butter—were 26% less likely to die during a 10-year followup according to data from the Netherlands Cohort Study.