Researchers have reported over the past year that nuts offer a wide range of health benefits — from helping fight the pre-diabetic condition known as metabolic syndrome to preventing age-related blindness and lowering breast cancer risk. Now there’s even more good news about nuts,eating a handful of pistachios daily may protect you from lung cancer.

It is known that vitamin E provides a degree of protection against certain forms of cancer. Higher intakes of gamma-tocopherol, which is a form of vitamin E, may reduce the risk of lung cancer. Pistachios are a good source of gamma-tocopherol. Eating them increases intake of gamma-tocopherol so pistachios may help to decrease lung cancer risk.

Apricot seeds (cancer killers) mixed with pistachio’s is not only beneficial but tasty. Pistachios have already been shown in previous studies to be a heart-healthy food. The nuts have a cholesterol-lowering effect and are loaded with immune system boosting antioxidants. Pistachios are one of those ‘good-for-you’ nuts, and two ounces per day could be incorporated into dietary strategies designed to reduce the risk of lung cancer without significant changes in body mass index.

Resolve to incorporate a handful of raw pistachios with raw apricot seeds each day to help keep cancer away.

Apricot Seeds

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