Eating nuts reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes.

Original title: Eating nuts reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes
A new study published recently in the Journal of Circulation Research by the American Heart Association found that eating more nuts, especially woody nuts such as walnuts, almonds and pistachios, may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes.
type 2 diabetes often experience complications from cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke, while nuts contain large amounts of unsaturated fatty acids, fiber, vitamin E, folic acid and some minerals.
, researchers at Harvard University's Chen Zengxi School of Public Health and others used dietary questionnaires to collect more than 16,000 subjects who had ingested peanuts and woody tree nuts before and after they were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The follow-up showed that there were 3,336 cases of cardiovascular disease in these subjects, of which 1,663 died of cardiovascular disease.
researchers analyzed that people with type 2 diabetes who ate five servings of 140 grams of nuts and more per week had a 17 percent lower overall incidence of cardiovascular disease, a 20 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease, and a 34 percent lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than those who ate less than one serving of 28 grams of nuts a month. In addition, those who increased their intake of nuts had an 11 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease, a 15 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease, and a 25 percent lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than those who did not change their nut intake habits after diagnosis of diabetes.
researchers say the biological mechanisms by which nuts benefit the heart are unclear, perhaps because they improve blood sugar control, blood pressure and fat metabolism. (Reporter Zhou Zhou)