"The planetary health diet, introduced in 2019 and updated last month, recommends that everyone eat a portion every day (unless you have an allergy). Alongside eating more fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes, and fewer animal products and sugary foods, this could help prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, as well as slash food-related greenhouse gas emissions."
"Consumers may not have a comprehensive understanding of the multiple benefits that nuts might bring. In particular, people are often put off nuts because they are high in fat. But in fact, say the researchers, Nuts have been found to have positive health impacts, such as the potential to manage obesity and decrease the occurrence of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, several types of cancer and other chronic diseases associated with food."
"Yet according to Prof Sarah Berry, the chief scientist at Zoe, many don't eat any nuts at all. In the UK, the average consumption is 6g a day. Romanian researchers found higher levels of nut consumption in Canada, some African countries and some regions of Europe and the Middle East, and lower levels in South America. But overall, they said: Consumers may not have a comprehensive understanding of the multiple benefits that nuts might bring."
The planetary health diet recommends a daily 30g portion of nuts and links increased nut intake with preventing many early deaths and reducing food-related greenhouse gas emissions. Average nut consumption is low in many places, with the UK averaging about 6g per day and varied patterns worldwide. Consumers often avoid nuts because of perceived high fat despite evidence of positive health impacts. Nuts can help manage obesity and reduce risks of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, several cancers and other chronic conditions. Common culinary nuts include almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamias, peanuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts.
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