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Here’s a nutty recipe for hale hearts and slim physiques

New studies on the cardiovascular effects of nuts could transform the image of these fatty treats from an indulgence to a health food.

References:

Curb, J.D., et al. 1998. High monounsaturated fat macadamia nut diets; effects on serum lipids and lipoproteins. FASEB Journal Abstracts Part I 12(March 17):506.

Davis, P.A., B.M. Burton-Freeman, and B.O. Schneeman. 1998. Postprandial lipemia: Effects of fat from whole almonds versus almond oil. FASEB Journal Abstracts Part I 12(March 17):A506.

Mattes, R.D., and S.K. Voisard. 1998. Effects of peanuts on hunger and food intake in humans. FASEB Journal Abstracts Part I 12(March 17):A506.

Morgan, R.L., . . . and P.M. Kris-Etherton. 1998. Effects of diets high in peanuts-peanut butter (P/PB) and peanut oil (PO) on the susceptibility of LDL to oxidative modification. FASEB Journal Abstracts Part II 12(March 20):A649.

Pearson, T.A., T.D. Etherton . . . and P.M. Kris-Etherton. 1998. High-mufa diets with peanuts-peanut butter (P/PB) or peanut oil (PO) lower total cholesterol (TC) and LDL-C identically to a step 2 diet but eliminate the triglyceride (TG) increase. FASEB Journal Abstracts Part I 12(March 17):A506.

Sacks, F.M., and K. McManus. 1998. Weight reduction: A comparison of a high unsaturated fat diet with nuts vs a low fat diet. FASEB Journal Abstracts Part II 12(March 20):A649.

Spiller, G.A., et al. 1998. Nuts and plasma lipids: An almond-based diet lowers LDL-C while preserving HDL-C. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 17(June):285.

Further Readings:

Berry, E.M., et al. 1992. Effects of diets rich in monounsaturated fatty acids on plasma lipoproteins—the Jerusalem nutrition study; monounsaturated fatty acids versus carbohydrates. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 56(August):394.

Committee on Diet and Health. 1989. Diet and Health. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

de Lorgeril, M., et al. 1998. Mediterranean dietary pattern in a randomized trial. Archives of Internal Medicine 158(June 8):1181.

Fraser, G.E. 1994. Diet and coronary heart disease: Beyond dietary fats and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 59:1117S.

Rainey, C., and L. Nyquist. 1997. Nuts—nutrition and health benefits of daily use. Nutrition Today 32(July/August):157.

Raloff, J. 1994. Chocolate: Heart-ier than you thought. Science News 146(Dec. 24&31):442.

______. 1993. Nutty way to head off heart disease. Science News 143(March 13):175.

______. 1992. Heart risks: This is nutty. Science News 142(July 25):52.

Sabaté, J., et al. 1993. Effects of walnuts on serum lipid levels and blood pressure in normal men. New England Journal of Medicine 328(March 4):603.

Spiller, G.A., et al. 1992. Effect of a diet high in monounsaturated fat from almonds on plasma cholesterol and lipoproteins. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 11:126.

Sources:

David Curb
University of Hawaii
Department of Medicine
846 South Hotel Street
Suite 303
Honolulu, HI 96813

Paul Davis
University of California, Davis
Departments of Internal medicine and Nutrition, TB 156
1 Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

Robert Eckel
University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center
Box B151
4200 East Ninth Avenue
Denver, CO 80262

Penny Kris-Etherton
Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Program in Nutrition
University Park, PA 16802

Richard Mattes
Purdue University
Department of Foods and Nutrition
212 Stone Hall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1264
E-mail: mattesr@cfs.purdue.edu

Frank Sacks
Harvard University
School of Public Health
665 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-6092

Gene A. Spiller
Health Research and Studies Center
340 Second Street, Suite 7
P.O. Box 338
Los Altos, CA 94023-0338

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 21, November 21, 1998, p. 328. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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