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Effective and multiple beneficial is the consumption of nuts for the heart function. This results from a research that occurred in 21.454 men doctors in a time period of 17 years. In the nuts that are reported in the study the walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts and cashews are included.

It was observed that the doctors who consumed nuts more than twice a the week experienced considerably less incidents of sudden cardiac deaths compared to those that consumed nuts either not at all or occasionally

Based on this research, the researchers from the Boston believe that the benefit of nuts lies in their anti - irregularity attributes. Thus, this research presents particular interesting because such a popular food, as is nuts, is proved considerably beneficial for the heart.

Bibliography: Nut consumption and decreased risk of sudden cardiac death in the physicians' health study, Archives of Internal Medicine, 2002.

Recent researches show that the diet can considerably influence the skin and intervene in the mechanisms that lead to the creation of wrinkles. This happens because in certain foods the antioxidant substances that they contain neutralise the free roots of oxygen that are created by the natural metabolism of the organism and by exposing of the skin in the solar radiation.

The nuts are included in the types of food along with the legumes, the dairy products, the fish, the fruits and the vegetables.

Βιβλιογραφία: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, American Academy of Dermatology, 2005

The peanuts contain antioxidant substances, such as polyphenols and resveratol, which protect the cells from the free roots of oxygen non-beneficial substances that are the result of the metabolism of the cells and that can among others harm the DNA of cells.

Nuts are also rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat acids, which considerably help against the formation of fibrinoid and stenosis of artery. They are rich in vitamins, microelements, proteins and vegetative fibres, elements useful for the human organism.

Bibliography: The Peanut Institute, American Dietetic Association, Food and Drug Administration, 2005

Researches have shown that individuals that are nourished according to the Mediterranean nutritional habits have a 70% probability to experience a second heart attack in comparison to the individuals that are nourished according to the Western ones.

For four years French scientists observed more than 600 individuals, men and women, who had suffered a heart attack. Those of them who followed the Mediterranean Diet (team A) decreased by 50% to 70% the probability of suffering a second heart attack, in comparison to those that followed the Western Diet (team B).

Team A consumed more oleic acid and a-linoleic acid (Fat Acids) than team B. Oils with high percentage in a-linoleic acid are found in high percentages in plants and in certain nuts. Moreover, team A consumed daily 3 grams more of Vegetative Fibres than team B.

It should be noted here that the oleic acid strengthens and cleans the cells of human organism, protects the arteries and works against the accumulation of cholesterol.