Numerous studies have shown that people who eat nuts tend to live longer and are less likely to die from cancer, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease. According to experts, the use of two handfuls of nuts a week can extend life in the same way as, and 4 hours of running a week.

Scientists from Harvard University found that women with a high risk of cardiovascular disease who drank 1 tablespoon of peanut butter for 5 or more days a week, twice reduced the risk of heart attack compared with women who ate one bowl of nuts per week or do not eat them.

Furthermore, it was also found that adolescent girls who consumed one or more servings of peanuts per week had a significantly lower risk of developing breast cancer later in life. Other studies have linked consumption of nuts with losing weight or slower weight gain. In spite of the high caloric content of goodies, from nuts to lose weight is quite real, since most of the nuts goes undigested from the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, nuts significantly increase metabolism and help maintain satiety for a long time.