Nut consumption and disability-free survival in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study.

Holly Wild, Madina Nurgozhina, Danijela Gasevic, Alison M Coates, Robyn L Woods, Joanne Ryan, Lawrence Beilin, Thara Govindaraju, John J McNeil, Alice J Owen

School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 553 St Kilda Road Melbourne, 3004 VIC, Australia. · pubmed

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Abstract

The relationship between nut intake and disability-free survival (healthy lifespan) in later life is unclear. The objective was to evaluate the association between nut intake and disability-free survival in a cohort of adults aged ≥70 years, and whether this varied according to overall diet quality.

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Research summary

The paper investigates the association between nut consumption and disability-free survival in older adults, which is pertinent to longevity research as it explores dietary factors that may influence healthy aging. However, the findings are likely to be incremental and primarily observational, limiting their overall impact on the field of longevity research.

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