You do expect to have your hospital diet protocol changed in the next week? Don't you? Or is your hospital so incompetent that they don't follow research and adjust therapies as new information comes in? Or is food not therapy?
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A paper published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology
confirms a link between peanut and nut intake and lower mortality rates,
but finds no protective effect for peanut butter. Men and women who eat
at least 10 grams of nuts or peanuts per day have a lower risk of dying
from several major causes of death than people who don't consume nuts
or peanuts.
The reduction in mortality was strongest for respiratory disease,
neurodegenerative disease, and diabetes, followed by cancer and
cardiovascular diseases. The effects are equal in men and women. Peanuts
show at least as strong reductions in mortality as tree nuts, but
peanut butter is not associated with mortality, researchers from
Maastricht University found.
This study was carried out within the Netherlands Cohort Study, which
has been running since 1986 among over 120,000 Dutch 55-69 year old men
and women. Nut consumption was assessed by asking about portion size
and frequency of intake of peanuts, other nuts (tree nuts), and peanut
butter. The researchers from Maastricht University analyzed the
relationship with overall and cause-specific mortality since 1986.
The associations between nuts and peanut intake and cardiovascular
death confirm earlier results from American and Asian studies that were
often focused on cardiovascular diseases. However, in this new study, it
was found that mortality due to cancer, diabetes, respiratory, and
neurodegenerative diseases was also lowered among users of peanuts and
nuts. Project leader and epidemiologist Professor Piet van den Brandt
commented: “It was remarkable that substantially lower mortality was
already observed at consumption levels of 15 grams of nuts or peanuts on
average per day (half a handful). A higher intake was not associated
with further reduction in mortality risk. This was also supported by a
meta-analysis of previously published studies together with the
Netherlands Cohort Study, in which cancer and respiratory mortality
showed this same dose-response pattern.”
Peanuts and tree nuts both contain various compounds such as
monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, various vitamins,
fiber, antioxidants, and other bioactive compounds, that possibly
contribute to the lower death rates. In contrast to peanuts, no
association was found between peanut butter intake and mortality risk.
However, besides peanuts, peanut butter contains also added components
like salt and vegetable oils. In the past, it has been shown that peanut
butter contains trans fatty acids and therefore the composition of
peanut butter is different from peanuts. The adverse health effects of
salt and trans fatty acids could inhibit the protective effects of
peanuts.
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