Nuts are known to be high in nutrients and provide a high dose of calories and fat, which is why many people associate them with being overweight, but a new study has upended notions about the relationship between nuts and obesity.
Nuts in general contain a wide variety of nutrients, on top of which are antioxidants, which made studies classify walnuts, for example, as an anti-inflammatory, in addition to healthy fats that are beneficial to the body, which has often linked them to obesity.
Study reveals “revolutionary” results in a “meta-analysis”
A new study revealed “revolutionary” results that were able to verify the exact relationship between nuts and weight loss and the waist in general.
Researchers from the University of Toronto conducted an extensive meta-analysis on the relationship between nuts and obesity, and the meta-analysis is an analysis that falls within the field of statistics that includes the application of statistical methods to the results of several studies that may be compatible or contradictory, with the aim of setting a trend, confirming results, or finding a possible joint relationship. between them.
The 4-year analysis was conducted by a PhD student in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, Stephanie Nishi, in partnership with Professor Dr.
Over the course of 4 years, researchers studied the results of 121 studies of this association involving more than half a million participants worldwide.
Revolutionary results of “scaling the scales” around the dialectical relationship
According to the findings published in Obesity Reviews, which was described as revolutionary, “Not only do nuts not only cause weight gain, but in fact they may enhance slimming efforts.”
And the journal “Medical Xpress”, which published a report on the results of the new study, indicated that the research included many types of nuts and their impact on the health of individuals suffering from a number of medical conditions.
According to the American magazine “Eat This, Not That”, the researchers conducted many statistics to ensure the quality of the data available to them, and the researcher Nishi concluded that: “In general, we found that there is no association between nuts and weight gain,” but confirmed that in fact “it showed Some analyzes show that an increased intake of nuts is associated with a reduction in body weight and a sculpting of the waist circumference.
In turn, research associate professor Sieffenbier confirmed these findings, saying: “This is a good indication that there is no harm from nuts in relation to weight gain, and there may indeed be a benefit from them such as weight loss in addition to the other widely recognized health benefits of nuts.”