Peanuts may not only be a tasty snack but they may also help people live longer, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the people in the study who ate the most peanuts and tree nuts (such as walnuts, pecans and almonds) every day had a lower risk of dying over a five- or six-year period than the people who ate the least peanuts and tree nuts, or none of them. Consuming nuts and peanuts was linked with fewer overall deaths as well as fewer deaths from heart-related problems, according to the study published online today in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.

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