Increasing the number of years we have on this earth is a dream of many, with numerous studies and research on the topic. Respecting our bodies for the miracles they are is key to a longer and healthier life. Advanced research is unravelling the mystery of how to add years to ones life and the results may surprise many. When it comes to snacking, one particular food item has come up tops for being delicious, healthy and help a person reduce their risk of heart disease and cancers.

Nuts are not only delicious but they should be added into everyday life for a proven anti-ageing diet which helps ward off chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers.

Nuts have been a regular component of the human diet for thousands of years.

A growing body of evidence has found that nuts are healthy and through scientific data its been found that eating nuts each day may reduce the risk of heart disease.

More recent research has found that eating nuts is linked to a lower risk of colon cancer, gallbladder disease and diverticulitis, along with lower rates of some disease markers like inflammation, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and even visceral fat.

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A study which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2013 found strong evidence that nuts of all kinds can help one to live longer.

The research noted that eating just an ounce of nuts daily was linked to a 20 percent lower risk of death over a 30-year period.

Additionally, a 2015 paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine involved more than 200,000 people in the US and China and also found that eating nuts can improve life longevity.

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Dr Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health said: We found that people who ate nuts every day lived longer, healthier lives than people who didnt eat nuts.

Dr Penny Kris-Etherton, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania added: Eating nuts lowers LDL cholesterol and raises HDL cholesterol and also lowers blood pressure and blood pressure responses to stress.

"Nut consumption helps boost a process called reverse cholesterol transport, by which HDL particles in the blood sweep away fatty plaque from clogged arteries.

In a study with the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, frequent nut eaters and how it affects their mortality rate was investigated.

The study involved 7,216 men and women aged 55 to 80.

Nut consumption was assessed at baseline and mortality was ascertained by medical records.

The study concluded that increased frequency of nut consumption was associated with a significantly reduced risk of mortality in a Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk.

Some people worry they will gain weight if they eat nuts, but surprisingly, the bodyweight of people who regularly eat nuts has not been shown to be higher than that of non-nut eaters, according to a 2008 article in The Journal of Nutrition.

This is true despite the fact that calories consumed by regular nut eaters total an average of 250 more calories per day than that of people who don't eat any nuts.

Nuts are rich in protein, antioxidants and beneficial plant compounds.

Whats more, theyre a great source of vitamins and minerals such as copper, magnesium, potassium, folate, niacin and vitamin B6 and E.

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