Eating pecan nuts 'reduces risk of heart attack'

By Stephen Beech

Switching daily snacks to pecans, pictured, improved cholesterol levels and enhanced overall diet quality, according to research.
More than 130 people with or at risk for metabolic syndrome - a set of conditions that increase a person’s risk for several chronic diseases took part in the three-month study.
One group consumed pecans while the other continued eating their usual diet.
The first group showed reductions across cholesterol levels linked to poorer heart health compared with the group that did not eat the nuts. Study co-author Professor Kristina Petersen, of Pennsylvania State University in the US, said: "Replacing typical snacks with pecans improved key risk factors for heart disease including blood cholesterol levels and diet quality. These results add to the large evid...

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