Imperial College London

DrDagfinnAune

Faculty of MedicineSchool of Public Health

Research Associate
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 8478d.aune

 
 
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Norfolk PlaceSt Mary's Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Balakrishna:2022:advances/nmac077,
author = {Balakrishna, R and Bjørnerud, T and Bemanian, M and Aune, D and Fadnes, LT},
doi = {advances/nmac077},
journal = {Advances in Nutrition},
pages = {2136--2148},
title = {Consumption of nuts and seeds and health outcomes including cardiovascular, diabetes and metabolic disease, cancer, and mortality: an umbrella review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac077},
volume = {13},
year = {2022}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Consumption of nuts and seeds is associated with a range of health outcomes. Summarizing the best evidence on essential health outcomes from the consumption of nuts is essential to provide optimal recommendations. Our objective is to comprehensively assess health outcomes associations related to the consumption of nuts and seeds, using a culinary definition including tree nuts and peanuts (registered in PROSPERO: CRD42021258300). Health outcomes of interest include cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, respiratory disease, mortality, and their biomarker for disease. We present associations for high versus low consumption, per serving, and dose-response relationships. Medline, Embase, Cochrane, and Epistemonikos were searched and screened for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Evidence was extracted from 89 articles on the consumption of nuts and relevant health outcomes, including 23 articles with meta-analysis on disease and mortality, 66 articles on biomarkers for disease, and 9 articles on allergy/adverse outcomes. Intake of nuts was associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases and related risk factors, with moderate quality of evidence. An intake of 28 grams of nuts per day compared to not eating nuts was associated with a 21% relative risk reduction of cardiovascular disease (including coronary heart disease incidence and mortality, atrial fibrillation, and stroke mortality), 11% risk reduction of cancer deaths, and 22% reduction in all-cause mortality. Nut consumption was also inversely associated with mortality from respiratory diseases, infectious diseases, and diabetes: however, associations between nut consumption and diabetes incidence were mixed. Meta-analyses of trials on biomarkers for disease generally mirrored meta-analyses from observational studies on cardiovascular disease, cancers, and diabetes. Allergy and related adverse reactions to nuts were observed among 1–2% of adult populations, with substantial heterogene
AU - Balakrishna,R
AU - Bjørnerud,T
AU - Bemanian,M
AU - Aune,D
AU - Fadnes,LT
DO - advances/nmac077
EP - 2148
PY - 2022///
SN - 2156-5376
SP - 2136
TI - Consumption of nuts and seeds and health outcomes including cardiovascular, diabetes and metabolic disease, cancer, and mortality: an umbrella review
T2 - Advances in Nutrition
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac077
UR - https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/13/6/2136/6679279
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/99327
VL - 13
ER -