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Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health

How might nuts help your heart?

Research has found that frequently eating nuts lowers levels of inflammation related to heart disease and diabetes.

Regularly eating a healthy diet that includes nuts may:

  • Improve artery health.
  • Reduce inflammation related to heart disease.
  • Decrease the risk of blood clots, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
  • Lower the risk of high blood pressure.
  • Lower the risk of early death due to heart disease.
  • Lower unhealthy cholesterol levels, specifically triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein, also called LDL or "bad" cholesterol.