Nut Consumption Is Associated with Decreased Health Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome in U.S. Adults: NHANES 1999–2004

The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure<SUBTITLE>The JNC 7 Report</SUBTITLE>

2003 • 25,662 citations

Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

2003 • 12,553 citations

Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome

2005 • 11,192 citations

The US Department of Agriculture Automated Multiple-Pass Method reduces bias in the collection of energy intakes

2008 • 1,678 citations

Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Defined by the International Diabetes Federation Among Adults in the U.S.

2005 • 1,192 citations

The USDA Automated Multiple-Pass Method Accurately Estimates Group Total Energy and Nutrient Intake

2006 • 674 citations

The National Cholesterol Education Program–Adult Treatment Panel III, International Diabetes Federation, and World Health Organization Definitions of the Metabolic Syndrome as Predictors of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

2006 • 647 citations

Frequent nut consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women: prospective cohort study

1998 • 610 citations

A possible protective effect of nut consumption on risk of coronary heart disease. The Adventist Health Study

1992 • 590 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and Incident Diabetes

2008 • 552 citations

Fatty acid profile, tocopherol, squalene and phytosterol content of walnuts, almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts and the macadamia nut

2004 • 546 citations

Nonnutritive sweetener consumption in humans: effects on appetite and food intake and their putative mechanisms

2008 • 513 citations

Nut and Peanut Butter Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women

2002 • 493 citations

A Possible Protective Effect of Nut Consumption on Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

1992 • 473 citations

Effect of a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented With Nuts on Metabolic Syndrome Status

2008 • 445 citations

Walnut Polyphenolics Inhibit In Vitro Human Plasma and LDL Oxidation

2001 • 436 citations

The Role of Tree Nuts and Peanuts in the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Multiple Potential Mechanisms

2008 • 405 citations

Nut Consumption and Decreased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Physicians' Health Study

2002 • 402 citations

Substituting Walnuts for Monounsaturated Fat Improves the Serum Lipid Profile of Hypercholesterolemic Men and Women

2000 • 312 citations

Nuts and novel biomarkers of cardiovascular disease

2009 • 267 citations

Magnesium intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: a meta‐analysis

2007 • 252 citations

Tree Nuts and Peanuts as Components of a Healthy Diet

2008 • 226 citations

Effect of diets enriched in almonds on insulin action and serum lipids in adults with normal glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes,,

2002 • 225 citations

Prospective study of nut consumption, long-term weight change, and obesity risk in women

2009 • 213 citations

Effects of one serving of mixed nuts on serum lipids, insulin resistance and inflammatory markers in patients with the metabolic syndrome

2009 • 205 citations

Nut Consumption and Weight Gain in a Mediterranean Cohort: The SUN Study

2007 • 202 citations

A Monounsaturated Fatty Acid–Rich Pecan-Enriched Diet Favorably Alters the Serum Lipid Profile of Healthy Men and Women

2001 • 200 citations

Effects of pistachio nuts consumption on plasma lipid profile and oxidative status in healthy volunteers

2006 • 185 citations

Serum lipid response to the graduated enrichment of a Step I diet with almonds: a randomized feeding trial

2003 • 183 citations

Effect of chronic consumption of almonds on body weight in healthy humans

2007 • 174 citations

Effect on Body Weight of a Free 76 Kilojoule (320 Calorie) Daily Supplement of Almonds for Six Months

2002 • 167 citations

Macadamia Nut Consumption Lowers Plasma Total and LDL Cholesterol Levels in Hypercholesterolemic Men

2003 • 166 citations

Phytochemical composition of nuts.

2008 • 163 citations

Frequent nut intake and risk of death from coronary heart disease and all causes in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health Study.

2001 • 155 citations

A Macadamia Nut-Rich Diet Reduces Total and LDL-Cholesterol in Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Men and Women

2008 • 154 citations

Long-term effects of increased dietary polyunsaturated fat from walnuts on metabolic parameters in type II diabetes

2009 • 153 citations

Peanut Consumption Improves Indices of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Healthy Adults

2003 • 145 citations

Effects of pistachios on cardiovascular disease risk factors and potential mechanisms of action: a dose-response study

2008 • 134 citations

Almonds Reduce Biomarkers of Lipid Peroxidation in Older Hyperlipidemic Subjects ,

2008 • 132 citations

Effect of almond-enriched high-monounsaturated fat diet on selected markers of inflammation: a randomised, controlled, crossover study

2009 • 129 citations

Magnesium in Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, and Other Conditions: A Review

2008 • 127 citations

Nut consumption and risk of hypertension in US male physicians

2008 • 121 citations

Dietary Fiber in the Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome: A Review

2008 • 115 citations

Effects of hazelnut-enriched diet on plasma cholesterol and lipoprotein profiles in hypercholesterolemic adult men

2006 • 111 citations

Nuts and oxidation: a systematic review

2009 • 100 citations

Walnut Consumption Increases Satiation but Has No Effect on Insulin Resistance or the Metabolic Profile Over a 4‐day Period

2009 • 99 citations

Effect of nut consumption on oxidative stress and the endothelial function in metabolic syndrome

2010 • 90 citations

Dietary management of the metabolic syndrome beyond macronutrients

2008 • 81 citations

Mediterranean diet and the metabolic syndrome

2007 • 72 citations

Nut consumption and risk of type II diabetes in the Physicians’ Health Study

2009 • 67 citations

The effect of nuts on inflammation.

2008 • 65 citations

Nut consumption and incidence of hypertension: The SUN prospective cohort

2009 • 56 citations

Beliefs, benefits, barriers, attitude, intake and knowledge about peanuts and tree nuts among WIC participants in eastern North Carolina

2009 • 33 citations

Regular peanut consumption improves plasma lipid levels in healthy Ghanaians

2007 • 32 citations

The energetics of nut consumption.

2008 • 26 citations