How to live longer: The cholesterol-lowering snack that can cut your risk of dying by 20%

Dividing participants into six groups based on their nut consumption, the researchers followed these subjects for the period of 30 years.

Overall, the daily nut-eaters were found to have a 20 percent lower risk of dying.

They were also found to be “less likely” to die of cancer, heart disease and respiratory disease.

The study reports that the more often people ate nuts, the lower their risk of premature death was.