{"id":3170,"date":"2025-08-11T14:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/eating-peanuts-could-slow-down-ageing-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:11:04","slug":"eating-peanuts-could-slow-down-ageing-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/eating-peanuts-could-slow-down-ageing-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating peanuts could slow down ageing, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-08-11 14:11:02<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Eating peanuts could keep you younger for longer.<BR><br \/>\nResearchers from the University of Barcelona have found that snacking on a handful of peanuts every day could slow down cellular ageing \u2013 the process by which the body\u2019s cells grow older, a factor linked to heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes.<BR><br \/>\nThe research, published in the journal Antioxidants, builds on previous evidence that foods rich in antioxidants may help reduce cell ageing. <BR><br \/>\nAntioxidants, found in plant-based foods, protect against harmful molecules called free radicals, which can damage healthy cells.<BR><br \/>\nFor the study, 58 healthy young adults were split into two groups, with one group eating 25 grams of peanuts daily for six months, while the other consumed the same amount of peanut butter.<BR><br \/>\nSaliva samples were taken to measure telomere length \u2013 protective caps at the ends of chromosomes that shorten as we age.<BR><br \/>\nResults showed the peanut group\u2019s telomeres shortened at almost half the rate of those in the peanut butter group. <BR><br \/>\nThe report stated: \u201cTelomere shortening has been linked to age-related diseases like heart disease, diabetes and cancer. But peanut consumption may help to mitigate these risks.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nResearchers advise sticking to unsalted peanuts to avoid raising blood pressure.<BR><br \/>\nBritons already consume nearly 180,000 tonnes of peanuts a year, and demand for the healthy snack is growing.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-08-11 14:11:02 Eating peanuts could keep you younger for longer. Researchers from the University of Barcelona have found that snacking on a handful of peanuts every day could slow down&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3171,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170\/revisions\/3171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}