article_snippet: Eating nuts and peanuts reduces the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, a new study claims.
article_snippet: And Researchers believe Researchers findings suggest peanuts may be a cost-effective measure to improve cardiovascular health because peanuts are so cheap.
article_snippet: However experts cautioned today that salt-covered nuts would not have the same health benefits.
article_snippet: Nuts reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke - and could be an easy, cost-effective way to prolong life .
article_snippet: Research over the past few years has shown heart-health benefits of including nuts and legumes (like peanuts) as part of a varied diet. '
article_snippet: Studies where nuts have been added to the diet (such as the European PREDIMED study), and long-term population studies have consistently shown a reduction in death from heart disease when nuts and legumes are included in the diet.
article_snippet: The researchers found that across the board, eating nuts reduced the risk of death from heart disease.
article_snippet: Dr Shu said: 'We observed no significant associations between nut or peanut consumption and risk of death due to cancer and diabetes.'
article_snippet: Dr Shu added the findings highlight the large public health impact of nut or peanut consumption in lowering deaths from heart disease - especially given nut or peanut consumption affordability.
article_snippet: Nuts reduced the risk of death regardless of gender, race, BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption and conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity . '
article_snippet: However experts have cautioned that people should not start eating 'large quantities' of nuts and peanuts in light of The research.
article_snippet: Commenting on the findings, Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: 'This large study found that death rates from heart attacks were lower in people who eat nuts, particularly peanuts, than in those who don't. '
article_snippet: However, the data do not show that the more peanuts you eat the lower the risk of a fatal heart attack, so people should not start eating large quantities of nuts, particularly salted nuts, in the hope that it will protect people from heart disease. '
article_snippet: The results suggest that including a modest amount of nuts as part of a well-balanced diet may be of benefit.'
highlights_snippet: Peanuts may be a 'cost-effective measure to improve heart health'
  
highlights_snippet: But eating salted nuts does not count, say experts commenting on study .