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References For Further Research
PEANUTS &
HEART DISEASE

• "A possible protective effect of nut consumption on risk of coronary heart disease. The Adventist Health Study",  G.E. Fraser, J. Sabate, W.L. Beeson and T. M. Strahan,  Archives of Internal Medicine, July 1, 1992, Vol 152, No 7, pp1416-1424

• "Nuts: A new protective food against coronary heart disease", J. Sabate, G.E. Fraser, Current Opinion in Lipidology, 1994, Vol 5, pp11-16

• " The traditional and emerging role of nuts in healthful diets", Mark L. Dreher, Cecilia Maher, Patricia Kearney,  Nutrition Reviews, August 1996, pp54-58

• "The role of nuts in a healthy diet", Penny M. Kris Etherton, Joan Sabate, Nutrition Update, June 1998

• "Nut Consumption and the Risk of Sudden and Total Cardiac Death in the Physicians' Health Study", C.M. Albert, W.C. Willet, J.E. Manson, C.H. Hennekens, Abstract, American Heart Association, November 9-11, 1998

• "Frequent nut consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women: prospective cohort study" (Nurses' Health Study), Frank B. Hu, Meir J. Stampfer, JoAnn E. Manson, Eric B. Rimm, Graham A. Colditz, Bernard A. Rosner, Frank E. Speizer, Charles H. Hennekens, Walter C. Willett,  British Medical Journal, November 14, 1998, Vol 317, pp1341-1345

• "Nut consumption and decreased risk of sudden cardiac death in the Physicians' Health Study", Christine M. Albert, M.D, M.P.H., J. Michael Gaziano, M.D., M.P.H., Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.PH, JoAnn E. Manson, M.D, Dr.PH, Archives of Internal Medicine, June 24, 2002, Vol 162, No 12, pp1382-1387

• "Peanut consumption improves indices of cardiovascular disease risk in healthy adults", Corinna M. Alper, Ph.D. and Richard D. Mattes, Ph.D, R.D., Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 22, No. 2, 133-141 (2003)

• US Food and Drug Administration's 2003 ruling re health claim labelling, FDA website

IMPROVED DIET 

• "Nuts - Nutrition and health benefits of daily use", C. Rainey, L. Nyquist, Nutrition Today, 1997, Vol 32 (4), pp157-163

• "Improved diet quality with peanut consumption", Amy E. Griel, M.Ed, Brenda Eissenstat, M.S, R.D, Vijaya Juturu, Ph.D, Gloria Hsieh and Penny M. Kris-Etherton, Ph.D, R.D., Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2004, Vol 23, No 6, pp660-668

ANTI-OXIDANTS

• "Polyphenolic content and sensory properties of normal and high oleic acid peanuts", Stephen T. Talcott, Sharyn Passerettia, Christopher E. Duncan and Daniel W. Gorbet, Food Chemistry, May 2005, Vol 90, Issue 3, pp379-388 

GALL BLADDER DISEASE

• "Frequent nut consumption and decreased risk of cholecystectomy in women", Chung-Jyi Tsai, Michael F. Leitzmann, Frank B. Hu, Walter C. Willett and Edward L. Giovannucci, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2004, Vol 80, No 1, pp76-81 

PEANUTS & 
LOWER CHOLESTEROL

• "Low fat? Monounsaturated rich diets containing high-oleic peanuts improve serum lipoprotein profiles", Dawn J. O'Byrne, David A. Knauft and Rachel B. Shireman, Lipids, July 1997, Vol 32, pp687-695

• "High monounsaturated fatty acid diets lower both plasma cholesterol & triacylglycerol concentrations", Penny M. Kris-Etherton, Thomas A. Pearson, Ying Wan, Rebecca L. Hargrove, Kristin Moriarty, Valerie Fishell and Terry D. Etherton, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 1999, Vol 70, No 6, pp1009-1015

• "Nut Consumption Lowers Total and LDL-cholesterol but does not change HDL-choleterol serum levels: Results of a pooled analysis, Ninth European Nutrition Congress, Rome, Italy, October 2003", J.S. Sabate, V. Fulgoni, Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2003, Vol 47, pp546

• "A systematic review of the effects of nuts on blood lipid profiles in humans", J. Mukuddem- Petersen, W. Oosthuizen W, J.C. Jerling, Journal of Nutrition, September 2005, Vol 135, No 9, pp2082-2089

PEANUTS & TYPE II DIABETES

• "Nut and peanut butter consumption and risk of Type 2 diabetes in women", Rui Jiang, M.D; JoAnn E. Manson, M.D.; Meir J. Stampfer, M.D.; Simin Liu, M.D.; Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.PH; Frank B. Hu, M.D., Ph.D, Journal of the American Medical Association, November 27, 2002, Vol 288, No 20, pp2554-2560 

CANCER

• "Peanuts as a Source of Beta Sitosterol, a Sterol With Anticancer Properties", Atif B. Awad, Karen C. Chan, Arthur C. Downie and Carol S. Fink, Nutrition and Cancer, 2000, Vol 36, No 2, pp238-241 

• "Oleic acid, the main monounsaturated fatty acid of olive oil, suppresses Her-2/neu (erbB-2) expression and synergistically enhances the growth inhibitory effects of trastuzumab (Herceptin) in breast cancer cells with Her-2/neu oncogene amplification", J. A. Menendez, L. Vellon R. Colomer and R. Lupu, Annals of Oncology, 2005 Vol 16, No 3, pp359-371

WEIGHT LOSS

• "A randomized controlled trial of a moderate-fat, low-energy diet compared with a low fat, low-energy diet for weight loss in overweight adults", K. McManus, L. Antinoro and F. Sacks, International Journal of Obesity, October 2001, Vol 25, No 10, pp1503-1511

• "Nut consumption and body weight", J. Sabate, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003, Vol 78, pp647S-650S

• "Dietary fats, teas, dairy, and nuts: potential functional foods for weight control?", Marie- Pierre St-Onge, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2005, Vol 81, No 1, pp7-15

EYE DISEASE 

• "Progression of age-related macular degeneration: Association with dietary fat, transunsaturated fat, nuts, and fish intake", Johanna M. Seddon, M.D., Sc.M; Jennifer Cote, MPH and Bernard Rosner, Ph.D, Archives of Ophthalmology, 2003, Vol 121, pp1728-1737

HI OLEIC PEANUTS & LONGER SHELF LIFE 

• "Comparison of oxidative stability of high and normal oleic peanut oils", S.F. O'Keefe, V.A. Wiley and D.A. Knauft, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, May 1993, Vol 70, pp489-492

• "Flavour and oxidative stability of roasted high oleic acid peanuts", J.C. Braddock, C.A. Sims and S.F. O'Keefe,  Journal of Food Science, 1995, Vol 60, No 3, pp489–493 

• "Effect of roasting oil composition on the stability of roasted high oleic peanuts", G.E. Bolton and T.H. Sanders,  Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, February 2002, Vol 79, pp129-132


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