And there is some good news in the battle against cancers as latest finding indicates that the consumption of nuts is inversely associated with risk of pancreatic cancer, independent of other potential risk factors for pancreatic cancer. Study tells that nuts, including tree nuts like almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts are effective in inversely associated with risk of pancreatic cancer.
Research show that the association between nut consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer among 75,680 women in the Nurses' Health Study, with no previous history of cancer.
According to Ying Bao, MD, ScD, from the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, "This reduction in risk was independent of established or suspected risk factors for pancreatic cancer including age, height, obesity, physical activity, smoking, diabetes and dietary factors."
While there may be concern that frequent nut consumption may result in weight gain and thereby increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, the opposite seems to be true.
Dr. Bao said, "In our cohort women who consumed the most nuts tended to weigh less.”
Moreover, in a recent analysis of this same cohort, higher nut consumption was associated with a slightly lower risk of weight gain and obesity. Nut intake has also been associated with a reduced risk of diabetes mellitus, which is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer.
(With inputs from ANI)
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