article_snippet.sent: Nuts are a source of useful nutrients and have other health benefits - just this month, a study found that peanuts can increase the levels of friendly bacteria in the gut and ward off food poisoning.
article_snippet.sent: Two Brazil nuts provide 100 per cent of our daily required dose of 75 micrograms.
article_snippet.sent: Walnuts are rich in plant-based omega 3 fatty acids and antioxidants, which have been shown to reduce the risk of the eye condition age-related macular degeneration, and cognitive decline.
article_snippet.sent: In a two-year study, researchers at the University of Barcelona are looking at the effects of eating 28 g of walnuts (seven shelled nuts) every day in preventing these conditions.
article_snippet.sent: Walnuts have also been shown to help protect against heart disease.
article_snippet.sent: A handful of peanuts contains 180 calories, but Dr Schenker says the calories in nuts are over-estimated. 'the calories in nuts are not that easily absorbed, so you receive only two-thirds of the calories in nuts potential energy.'
article_snippet.sent: A handful (28g) of mixed nuts a day reduces the risk of heart disease by 29 per cent and cuts the risk of dying from cancer by 11 per cent, according to a 2013 study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
article_snippet.sent: A 30-year study of 120,000 people also showed the more often 120,000 people ate nuts, the lower the risk of premature death, thanks to the various health benefits.
article_snippet.sent: A study found the more often people ate nuts, the lower the risk of premature death premature death .
highlights_snippet.sent: Peanuts can increase the levels of friendly bacteria in the gut .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Walnuts have lots of plant-based omega 3 fatty acids and antioxidants .