Nuts and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

• Published in: Current atherosclerosis reports Vol. 20; no. 10; p. 48
• Main Authors: Coates, AM, Hill, AM, Tan, SY
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2018
• Subjects: Angiology; Antioxidants - therapeutic use; Cardiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Diet; Dyslipidemias - complications; Dyslipidemias - therapy; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Humans; Hypertension - complications; Hypertension - therapy; Inflammation - complications; Inflammation - therapy; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - complications; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - therapy; Nutrition (P. Kris-Etherton; Nuts; Oxidative Stress; Risk Factors; Risk Reduction Behavior; Section Editor; Topical Collection on Nutrition; Vascular Stiffness; Microbiota; Inflammation; Cholesterol; Vascular stiffness; Nuts; cardiovascular diseases

Purpose of Review We review recent epidemiological and clinical studies investigating the consumption of tree nuts and peanuts and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality as well as CVD risk factors. Recent Findings A greater consumption of tree nuts and peanuts is associated with a reduced risk of C...