Eating a handful of nuts a day slashes risk of high blood pressure by 20%, major study finds

For many people, nuts are a go-to snack to reduce cravings.

But now a major review has found that a daily serving may do more than reduce hunger; it could reduce your risk of suffering from high blood pressure.

Using data from nearly 150,000 people across eight long-term studies, researchers in the UK and Norway evaluated the impact of eating one serving of nuts, roughly how much fits in a palm, on someone’s risk of being diagnosed with high blood pressure. 

They found that people who ate 30g of nuts, about 1oz, per day had a 26 percent lower risk of high blood

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