"Nuts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Botanically, a type of single-seeded fruit in which the pericarp enclosing the seed is a hard woody shell. In common usage the term is used loosely for any hard, oil-rich kernel. Of those commonly eaten, only hazel, filbert, and chestnut are strictly nuts. Walnuts, pecans, almonds, and coconuts are really drupes. Brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamias, and cashews are really seeds with a hard shell derived from the testa rather than the pericarp.
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D009754
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A18.024.500.500 G07.203.300.700 J02.500.700
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nuts" by people in Profiles.
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An Approach for Examining the Impact of Food Group-Based Sources of Nutrients on Outcomes with Application to PUFAs and LDL in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes. Nutrients. 2020 Mar 28; 12(4).
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Frequent nut intake and risk of death from coronary heart disease and all causes in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health Study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2001 Dec; 11(6):372-7.
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A dietary approach to prevent hypertension: a review of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Study. Clin Cardiol. 1999 Jul; 22(7 Suppl):III6-10.
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Walnuts and serum lipids. N Engl J Med. 1993 Jul 29; 329(5):359; author reply 359-60.