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Adding just a small handful of walnuts can have dietary benefits for the whole family
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Adding just a small handful of walnuts can have dietary benefits for the whole family

KETCHUM NEW YORK IMAGE: SNACKING ON WALNUTS. CREDIT: CHRIS YASKO, PHOTOGRAPHER. A new study from researchers at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington has found that adding one ounce of walnuts (or one handful) to the diet of children and adults who do not normally eat nuts improves diet quality and intake of some under-consumed...

Walnuts the new brain food for stressed university students
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Walnuts the new brain food for stressed university students

by University of South Australia Walnuts may counteract the effects of academic stress on the gut microbiota during periods of stress, especially in females. Credit: Open Verse Stressed university students might want to add walnuts to their daily diet in the weeks leading up to their next exam. A new clinical trial of undergraduate students...

Eating walnuts daily lowered bad cholesterol and may reduce cardiovascular disease risk
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Eating walnuts daily lowered bad cholesterol and may reduce cardiovascular disease risk

by  American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Eating about ½ cup of walnuts every day for two years modestly lowered levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as “bad cholesterol,” and reduced the number of total LDL particles and small LDL particles in healthy, older adults, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s...