Women who ate a 1oz. serving of tree nuts two or more times a week had a reduced risk of pancreatic cancer.
November 18/Fresno, Calif./Fort Mill Times -- According to a long-term women’s health study recently published, women in the study who ate a 1oz. serving of tree nuts two or more times a week had a reduced risk of pancreatic cancer compared to those studied who did not include nuts in their diet. This is the first study to measure the association between pancreatic cancer risk and nut consumption. Pistachios were among the tree nuts included in the study.
More than 75,600 women were followed in the widely-recognized Nurses’ Health Study. It shows that those who consumed a 28g (1oz.) serving of nuts two or more times per week, significantly reduced their risk of developing pancreatic cancer, the fourth most common cause for cancer-related deaths in the U.S.