PISTACHIOS ARE AN AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CERTIFIED FOOD

Pairing nuts and dried fruit for cardiometabolic health.

Carughi A, Feeney MJ, Kris-Etherton P, et al.

Nutrition Journal. 2016. 15:23.

Nuts and dried fruit have a complementary set of nutrients. Both are shelf-stable, portable, and accessible and, in many instances, they are consumed together as snacks or prepared foods.

The Impact of Pistachio Consumption on Blood Lipid Profile: A Literature Review.

London HA, Pawlak R, Colby SE, Wall-Bassett E, Sira N.

Am J Lifestyle Medicine. 2013; 7(4)

Studies showed that nut consumption is associated with a reduced risk in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and morbidity and an improvement in the modifiable CVD risk factors.

Effects of pistachio nuts on body composition, metabolic, inflammatory and oxidative stress parameters in Asian Indians with metabolic syndrome: a 24-wk, randomized control trial.

Gulati S, Misra A, Pandey RM, Bhatt SP, Saluja S.

Nutrition. 2014;30(2):192-197.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of pistachio nuts as an adjunct to diet and exercise on body composition, metabolic, inflammatory, and oxidative stress parameters in Asian Indians with metabolic syndrome.

Nut consumption, serum fatty acid profile and estimated coronary heart disease risk in type 2 diabetes.

Nishi SK, Kendall CW, Bazinet RP, et al.

Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2014;24(8):845-852.

Nut consumption has been associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes which has been largely attributed to their healthy fatty acid profile, yet this has not been ascertained. Therefore, the effect of nut consumption on serum fatty acid concentrations and how these relate to changes in markers of glycemic control was investigated and CHD risk score in type 2 diabetes was calculated.

Tree Nut consumption is associated with better adiposity measures and cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome health risk factors in U.S. Adults: NHANES 2005-2010.

O'Neil CE, Fulgoni VL 3rd, Nicklas TA.

Nutr J. 2015;14:64. Published 2015 Jun 28.

The objective of this study was to determine the association of tree nut consumption with risk factors for CVD and for MetS in adults.

Effects of tree nuts on blood lipids, apolipoproteins, and blood pressure: systematic review, meta-analysis, and dose-response of 61 controlled intervention trials.

Del Gobbo LC, Falk MC, Feldman R, Lewis K, Mozaffarian D.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2015;102(6):1347-1356.

The effects of tree nuts (walnuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, pecans, cashews, almonds, hazelnuts, and Brazil nuts) on blood lipids [total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and triglycerides], lipoproteins [apolipoprotein A1, apolipoprotein B (ApoB), and apolipoprotein B100], blood pressure, and inflammation (C-reactive protein) was examined in adults aged ≥18 y without prevalent CVD.

Effect of pistachio nut consumption on endothelial function and arterial stiffness.

Kasliwal RR, Bansal M, Mehrotra R, Yeptho KP, Trehan N.

Nutrition. 2015;31(5):678-685.

The aim of this study was to determine its effect on vascular health, which has not been adequately studied so far.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of nut consumption and incident risk of CVD and all-cause mortality.

Mayhew AJ, de Souza RJ, Meyre D, Anand SS, Mente A.

Br J Nutr. 2016;115(2):212-225.

The objective was to systematically review the literature and quantify associations between nut consumption and CVD outcomes and all-cause mortality.

More pistachio nuts for improving the blood lipid profile. Systematic review of epidemiological evidence.

Lippi G, Cervellin G, Mattiuzzi C.

Acta Biomed. 2016;87(1):5-12.

Researchers searched Medline and ISI Web of Science to identify interventional studies which evaluated changes of conventional blood lipids after replacing part of normal caloric intake with pistachio nuts in humans.

The Antioxidant Activity of Pistachios Reduces Cardiac Tissue Injury of Acute Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) in Diabetic Streptozotocin (STZ)-Induced Hyperglycaemic Rats.

Di Paola R, Fusco R, Gugliandolo E, et al.

Front Pharmacol. 2018;9:51. Published 2018 Feb 6.

This study evaluates the antioxidant properties of pistachios on the inflammatory process associated with myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/R) in diabetic rats.

Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, and Hypolipidemic Effects of Mixed Nuts in Atherogenic Diet-Fed Rats.

Hong MY, Groven S, Marx A, Rasmussen C, Beidler J.

Molecules. 2018;23(12):3126.

Nut consumption is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).