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Consumption of nuts and legumes and risk of incident ischemic heart disease, stroke, and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Diabetes and ischaemic heart disease are less likely to occur in individuals who regularly consumed legumes and nuts.
This study was carried out to determine the relationship between the consumption of nuts and legumes and the incidence of stroke, diabetes, and ischaemic heart disease. Researchers analyzed nutritional and clinical data extracted from 27 studies that examined 501,791 subjects and 34,562 cases of stroke, diabetes, and ischaemic heart disease.
The team of researchers observed that subjects with high dietary intake of nuts had slight chances of developing fatal and non fatal ischaemic heart disease and diabetes, but not stroke. Increased consumption of legumes was found to lower the likelihood of total ischaemic heart disease but was also not associated with stroke risk. The results of this review show that diets loaded with nuts and legumes may protect individuals against diabetes and ischaemic heart disease.
Research Summary Information
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2014
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Ashkan Afshin, Renata Micha, Shahab Khatibzadeh, and Dariush Mozaffarian
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From the Departments of Epidemiology (AA, RM, SK, and DM), Global Health and Population (AA), and Nutrition (DM), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; the Unit of Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece (RM); and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (DM).
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Yes, Free full text of study was found:
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Yes. Source of funding disclosure found
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Supported by a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Grant in Behavior, the Environment, and Global Health (T32 HL098048).
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No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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