Sarah Berry says King’s College snack trial favoured nuts over typical snacks

What was said

""I conducted a trial at Kings some years ago where we asked people to consume 20% of their calories from either nuts or UK typical US typical snacks. We monitored them for six weeks. At the end of the six weeks, the improvement in um lots of intermediary cardiovascular risk measures, so things like blood cholesterol, blood vessel function in those consuming the nuts versus those consuming US UK typical snacks equated to a 30% reduction in cardiovascular disease.""

Sarah Berry says she ran a six-week King’s College London trial in which participants got about 20% of their calories from either nuts or typical snacks. She says the nut group improved intermediate cardiovascular risk markers such as cholesterol and blood-vessel function. She says those changes equated to a 30% reduction in cardiovascular disease risk versus the typical-snack group.