Walnuts: Key to Long Life

Recent study finds that consuming a handful of walnuts thrice a week is the key to a longer life.

Scientists discovered that these edible seeds cut the risk of dying from cancer by 40 per cent and from cardiovascular disease by at least 55 per cent, the Daily Express reported.

Walnuts Cut Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Whole walnuts or their extracted oil can cut the risk of cardiovascular disease, claim researchers.

In general, nut eaters in the research had a 39 per cent lesser risk of death and walnut eaters in particular a 45 per cent reduced threat.

The study, which was conducted by researchers at the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain, was done on 7,000 people aged 55 to 90.

The results were published in the journal BMC Medicine.

Walnuts Linked to Reduced Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Women
A new study suggests that regularly eating walnuts can cut down the risk of type II diabetes by nearly 25 percent in women.

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