ABSTRACT: Many epidemiological studies have regularly connected nuts intake with decreased risk for coronary heart disease. The primary

mechanism by which nuts protect against cardiovascular disease is through the improvement of lipid and apolipoprotein profile. Therefore,

numerous dietary intervention studies investigated the impact of nut consumption on blood lipid levels. Many studies have shown that nut

intake can enhance the lipid profile in a dose-response way among individuals with increased serum lipids. This systematic review examines

the effectiveness of nuts on the lipid profile among patients with dyslipidemia from different age groups. A total of 29 interventional studies from

5 databases met the inclusion criteria. In all, 20 studies were randomized controlled clinical trials, whereas 9 were crossover-controlled clinical

trials. Participants included in the studies were different in terms of age, sex and, serum lipid profile. The studies were inconsistent in the type of

tree nuts, duration, dose, and the nut forms. All studies indicated changes in the lipid profile after the intervention particularly on the total cholesterol,

high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, triglycerides, total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein. Interventional periods ranged

from 3 weeks up to 12 months with doses ranged from 15 to 126 gm. In conclusion, this review provides an evidence of favorable effect of nuts

consumption of serum lipid profile.

Title

Nutrition and metabolic insight

Publisher

Sage

Publisher Country

United Kingdom

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

None

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

13

Year

2020

Pages

1-10