Research
Macro partitioning
The protective association between frequent nut consumption and reduced coronary heart disease risk persists after adjusting for other dietary factors such as saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, trans fat, fiber, vegetables, and fruits.
Adding nuts to your diet provides heart health benefits that are not negated by your other healthy dietary choices like eating vegetables and fruits. It acts as an independent protective factor.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
Further adjustment for intakes of dietary fats, fibre, vegetables, and fruits did not alter these results.
Why this rating
Same high-quality cohort study with extensive multivariate adjustment.
Source
Frequent nut consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women: prospective cohort study
F. B Hu et al. · BMJ · 1998
cohort · n=86016Cited 599×
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