Dried fruits help reduce risk of obesity
Formerly, the nuts were considered too fat to be healthy. Currently, the dried fruits are fashionable and their benefits begin to be widely advertised and studies that come to prove the benefits of the consumption of these foods are multiplying.A new study, conducted by American investigators concluded that the nuts can help control weight and to reduce the risk of obesity. According to researchers, study participants who ingested quantities of regular dry swipes â€" such as almonds, pistachios, walnuts and Brazil nuts-were between 37% and 46% less risk of becoming obese than those who drank less few amounts of dried fruit.Frequent consumers of dry fruits are also less likely to have metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors that are linked to heart disease and diabetes. "There is another study which indicates that there is an association between the ingestion of dried fruit and a low risk of obesity, as well as a less prone to suffering from metabolic syndrome", indicates Joan Sabaté, researcher of Loma Linda University in California, CITES Reuters.Another study shows that people who ingested nuts regularly are less likely to die in the 12:0 am following the intake of these foods than people who do not consume nuts often.While this conclusion may not fully indicate that the differences observed between those who like dried fruits and those who pass well without them are caused by these foods, researchers indicate that there is reason to believe that the dried fruit provides direct benefits to health.Most nuts are high in unsaturated fat, which is a "good" fat when compared with the saturated fat found in animal products. The high protein content makes people who ingest feel more satiated, leading to a lower consumption of food less healthy. Furthermore, dried fruit contain other nutrients and plant chemicals that are beneficial to health, indicates Joan Sabaté.For the study in question was analyzed the diet of 803 participants. In General, those who ingested significant amounts of dried fruit â€" about 16 grams per day â€" were weighing a little more than average. Those who took little or no nuts had a very above average weight and, in some cases, showed signs of obesity.The body mass index (BMI)-relationship between weight and height â€" a healthy adult should vary between 18.5 and 24.9. People with a BMI between 25 and 29.9 are overweight and a BMI which exceeds the 30 is considered obese.The volunteers in the study who consumed nuts regularly had an average BMI of 27 while those who ate little or no food of this type had a BMI between 29 and 30.Foto:  IainBuchanan / Creative Commons
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