Walnut Nutrition Information
Clinical Studies
Scientific Study Links About Walnuts
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Heart Health
- Effects of walnut consumption on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors: a meta-analysis and systematic review
- Walnuts and fatty fish influence different serum lipid fractions in normal to mildly hyperlipidemic individuals: a randomized controlled study
- The Scientific Evidence for a Beneficial Health Relationship Between Walnuts and Coronary Heart Disease
- Acute Effects of High-Fat Meals Enriched With Walnuts or Olive Oil on Postprandial Endothelial Function
- Dietary alpha-linolenic acid reduces inflammatory and lipid cardiovascular risk factors in hypercholesterolemic men and women.
Mediterranean Diet
- Components of the Mediterranean-type food pattern and serum inflammatory markers among patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
- Effects of a Mediterranean-style diet on cardiovascular risk factors: a randomized trial.
- Effect of a traditional Mediterranean diet on lipoprotein oxidation: a randomized controlled trial.
- Effect of a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented With Nuts on Metabolic Syndrome Status: One-Year Results of the PREDIMED Randomized Trial.
Diabetes
- Effects of Walnut Consumption on Endothelial Function in Type 2 Diabetic Subjects
- Including walnuts in a low-fat/modified-fat diet improves HDL cholesterol-to-total cholesterol ratios in patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Walnut-enriched diet increases the association of LDL from hypercholesterolemic men with human HepG2 cells.
- A randomized controlled trial of a moderate-fat, low-energy diet compared with a low fat, low-energy diet for weight loss in overweight adults.
Antioxidants
- Content of redox-active compounds (i.e. antioxidants) in foods consumed in the United States.
- Walnut polyphenolics inhibit in vitro human plasma and LDL oxidation.
- Melatonin in walnuts: influence on levels of melatonin and total antioxidant capacity of blood.
