Nuts: nutrition and health outcomes
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Nuts and health outcomes: new epidemiologic evidence.
This article reviews recent epidemiologic evidence on nut intake and health outcomes. It focuses on studies in which nut consumption is directly assessed or when nuts are included in a dietary score or pattern. Epidemiologic studies have been remarkably consistent in showing an association between nut consumption and a reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Some evidence has emerged rece...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-1145,1475-2662
DOI: 10.1017/bjn20061857