To Lose Weight and Lower Blood Pressure, Go Nuts

Eating a daily serving of nuts, along with a Mediterranean diet, appears to lower stomach fat and blood pressure, according to a Spanish study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.   Bloomberg reports that the number of study subjects who had metabolic syndrome,
which includes a large waistline, high cholesterol and high
blood pressure, decreased almost 14 percent after a year among
those on the Mediterranean diet — which is rich in fish and
healthy fats — plus mixed nuts. That compares with a 2 percent
drop in those on a low-fat diet. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome decreased 6.7 percent
in the group given the olive oil compared with 13.7 percent
among those in the nut group. Read more about the benefits of going nuts, from Bloomberg.