Healthy Peanut research: the Peanut Institute supports research that shows peanuts are good for you

摘要

The Peanut Butter Diet has been in the news since its debut, but that isn't the only good news to come out about peanuts and peanut butter recently. Several research studies supported by The Peanut Institute show that peanuts and peanut butter are heart healthy, may help to prevent cancer and are good for your waistline. A summary of current research the Institute has supported follows: Peanuts are good for the heart. An article by Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton, Penn State University, "The Effects of Nutson Coronary Heart Disease Risk," was published in Nutrition Reviews. This review article analyzed the published peanut and nut research and concludes, "It is dear that additional research is needed to further our understanding of how nuts confer [their]cardioprotective effect. In the meantime, it is appropriate to recommend indclusion of nuts in a healthy diet that meets energy needs to reduce the risk of CHD [coronary heart disease].... "