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.

Cross-sectional assessment of nut consumption and obesity, metabolic syndrome and other cardiometabolic risk factors: The PREDIMED study.

Ibarrola-Jurado N, Bulló M, Guasch-Ferré M, et al.

PLoS One. February 2013; 8(2): e57367.

The objective of this study was to evaluate associations between frequency of nut consumption and prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors [obesity, metabolic syndrome (MetS), type-2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia] in a Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk.

Frequency of nut consumption and mortality risk in the PREDIMED nutrition intervention trial.

West SG, Gebauer SK, Kay CD, et al.

BMC Medicine. 2013. Jul 16;11:164.

Prospective studies in non-Mediterranean populations have consistently related increasing nut consumption to lower coronary heart disease mortality.

Measured energy value of pistachios in the human diet.

Baer DJ, Gebauer SK, Novotny JA.

Br J Nutr. 2012;107(1):120-125.

Researchers set out to measure energy value of pistachios when eaten.

Pistachio diet improves erectile function parameters and serum lipid profiles in patients with erectile dysfunction.

Aldemir M, Okulu E, Neşelioğlu S, Erel O, Kayıgil O.

Internat J Impotence Res. 2011;23:32-38.

Researchers investigated the effects of Antep pistachios on erectile function and serum lipid levels in patients with erectile dysfunction.

Nut consumption and blood lipid levels: a pooled analysis of 25 intervention trials.

Sabaté J, Oda K, Ros E.

Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(9):821-827.

The objectives of this study were to estimate the effects of nut consumption on blood lipid levels and to examine whether different factors modify the effects.

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

Gebauer SK, West SG, Kay CD, Alaupovic P, Bagshaw D, Kris-Etherton PM.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2008; 88:651-9.

Researchers evaluated the effects of 2 doses of pistachios, added to a lower-fat diet, on lipids and lipoproteins, apolipoprotein (apo)-defined lipoprotein subclasses, and plasma fatty acids.

Pistachio nuts reduce triglycerides and body weight by comparison to refined carbohydrate snack in obese subjects on a 12-week weight loss program.

Li Z, Song R, Nguyen C, et al.

J Am Coll Nutr. 2010; 29(3):198-203.

This study is designed to study the effects of pistachio snack consumption on body weight and lipid levels in obese participants under real-world conditions.

Pistachio nut consumption and serum lipid levels.

Sheridan MJ, Cooper JN, Erario M, Cheifetz CE.

Am Coll Nutr. 2007; 26(2):141-8.

Researchers studied the effects of eating 15% of the daily caloric intake in the form of pistachio nuts on the lipid profiles of free-living human subjects with primary, moderate hypercholesterolemia (serum cholesterol greater than 210 mg/dL).

Pistachios increase serum antioxidants and lower serum oxidized-LDL in hypercholesterolemic adults.

Kay CD, Gebauer SK, West SG, Kris-Etherton PM.

J Nutr. 2010;Jun;140(6):1093-8.

The goal of the study was to measure the effect of pistachios on oxidative status.