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Myth busted: Eating nuts actually helps reduce weight gain
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The research discovered that the participants gained a mean average of 2.1 kilograms in the five-year period. (Shutterstock/File)
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iven its energy density and high-fat content, nuts are commonly assumed to be an unhealthy food. However, a recent study published in the European Journal of Nutrition revealed that people who consume nuts are more likely to experience less weight gain and have a lower risk of obesity.
The study was conducted by researchers at Loma Linda University School of Public Health (LLUSPH) in California, in collaboration with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The research were said to have taken five years to examine 373,000 individuals between the ages of 25 to 70 from 10 European countries.
The study reportedly included peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios and walnuts.
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The research discovered that the participants gained a mean average of 2.1 kilograms in the five-year period. However, those who consumed nuts put on less weight and enjoyed a five percent lower risk of becoming overweight compared with nut-abstaining participants.
Joan Sabaté, LLUSPH director of the Center for Nutrition, Lifestyle and Disease Prevention and the senior investigator of the research project said that the findings confirm that nuts are not an obesogenic food.
Sabaté suggests for people to eat more nuts as the food offers energy, good fats, protein, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. (jes/asw)
