A new study
has indicated that modest consumption of nuts every day is associated with an
improved cardiovascular risk profile among adolescents.
According to
the study, adolescents who ate at least 12.9 grams of nuts per day, which is
equivalents to eating a handful three times per week, had less than half the
odds of non-eaters for developing metabolic syndrome, and this syndrome is a
cluster of clinical features that heightens the risk of early disease and type 2 diabetes.
The study
sampled 2,233 adolescents, in the age group of 12 to 19 years. One of the
researcher said that the surprising finding is that in spite of what we know
about their health benefits, the majority of teens eat no nuts at all on a
typical day.
The
researchers discovered that metabolic syndrome risk decreased with each additional
gram per day of nut intake, but only up to 50g/day, when the benefit tapered
off. They theorized that at higher intakes, any benefits may have been offset
by eating too many calories.
Kim said
that metabolic syndrome was a major public health problem and their findings at
this stage show only a correlation and did not prove that the risk of metabolic
disease in teens will go down by eating nuts. However, the results suggest the
possibility that a simple dietary recommendation could have a significant
impact on the metabolic health of adolescents.
According to
the research, nuts contains hearts—healthy unsaturated fats, fibre and other
nutrients but are high in calories.
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