Do Walnuts Really Improve Artery Function?

[Nelson Vergel]

Good news for nut lovers: Eating at least one serving of walnuts per week may drop our chances of a cardiovascular-related death by 50%. However, walnut consumption may only drop our cholesterol levels about 5%. How could we get a 50% drop in cardiac mortality from just a 5% drop in cholesterol? Walnuts must have some other heart-protecting benefits besides lowering cholesterol.

Read more here: http://nutritionfacts.org/2015/08/1...ail&utm_term=0_40f9e497d1-1a945ee242-23892729

 

[Nelson Vergel]

Handful of Walnuts a Day May Improve Diet Quality
Adding 2 oz. of walnuts daily could improve diets, blood vessel cell wall function and LDL (‘bad') cholesterol in people at risk for diabetes, new research shows.
The findings, published in the online journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, show diets, along with other certain risk factors, improved in participants who added a daily intake of 56 g of walnuts for a six-month period.

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