Conclusion: Nuts

Comes a further advance in the biomedical sciences. Here are the conclusions reported in a study published a few days ago:

CONCLUSIONS

In two large, independent cohorts of nurses and other health professionals, the frequency of nut consumption was inversely associated with total and cause-specific mortality, independently of other predictors of death. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation.)

This is the study:

“Association of Nut Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality,” Ying Bao, M.D., Sc.D., Jiali Han, Ph.D., Frank B. Hu, M.D., Ph.D., Edward L. Giovannucci, M.D., Sc.D., Meir J. Stampfer, M.D., Dr.P.H., Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., and , M.D., M.P.H.,  New England Journal of Medicine, 2013; 369:2001-2011.

This, in its own words, is the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation, which co-funded the study:

The International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation (INC NREF), a nonprofit organization, represents nine tree nut industries (almonds, Brazils, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts) and supports nutrition research and education.

For inquiries on a specific nut group, click here.

An associated press release says: “Research also shows people who eat nuts weigh less“, a question that Dr. Fuchs spelunks in great speculative detail in this video:

Another press release carries the doubly-linked headline “International Tree Nut Council funded study links nut consumption to reduced death rate“.