It sounds nuts, but one snack may help you live longer.

Telomeres — the caps at the ends of your chromosomes — get shorter as you age, and that shortening can contribute to age-related diseases like cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart issues.

But your diet can have an impact on telomere length, and a new study has pinpointed one specific food that can make a difference, slowing down your body’s aging process.

Oddly enough, though, another popular snack made from this food didn’t have the same positive impact. 3

Publishing in the journal Antioxidants , a team of researchers in Spain explored how telomeres were affected by a daily dose of peanuts or peanut butter.

Antioxidants have been shown to fight telomere shortening, so it would make sense peanuts — a rich source of antioxida

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