INC Updates on FDA’s “Healthy” Claim Proposed Rule
As announced in a previous article, on September 29, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule to update the definition for the implied nutrient content claim “healthy”, which was set in 1994. This rule, if approved, will revise the requirements for when the term “healthy” can be used. Nuts, seeds, […]
Positive Effects of Regular Brazil Nut Consumption
The journal Foods has published a study that analyzed the effects of regular Brazil nut consumption through a systematical review of clinical trials. The databases, PubMed, Embase®, and Scielo were searched and in total, the researchers found 24 clinical trials, of which 15 were non-randomized. In the studies analyzed, Brazil nuts were consumed in a […]
Nut Consumption and Cardiovascular Health in Young Adults
A study has been published in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, that examines the long-term association of walnut, other nut, and no nut consumption with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The researchers analyzed a total of 3,092 young adults who were enrolled in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. In the […]
Peanuts May Help Improve Gut Health
The journal, Clinical Nutrition has published a study that examined how peanuts as a nighttime snack may be beneficial to gut health. While tree nuts influence gut microbiota composition, the effect of peanut consumption had not been investigated yet. The aim of the study was to analyze the effect of consuming 28 g/d of peanuts […]
The Impact of Nut Consumption on Adolescents’ Academic Performance
By: Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó in collaboration with Maria Pascual-Compte Human Nutrition Unit from the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan de Reus, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, IISPV, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus (Spain). CIBER, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad […]
The Effect of Walnut Consumption on Lipids
A recently published study in Nutrients aimed to see how walnut consumption affects the lipid profile of consumers. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials from 2010 to 2022 were conducted by researchers in order to look at how walnut consumption affects the lipid profile. In total, 13 trials from the US, Europe, […]
Nut Consumption Improves Cognitive Function and Modulates Gut Bacteria, New Study Suggests
November 10, 2022. A recent INC-funded study, published in the Journal of Nutrition showed that after 4 weeks of consumption of nuts in a healthy non-elderly sample, there are positive effects on cognitive function as well as modulation of microbial taxa associated with gut health. The goal of this clinical study was to examine the […]
International Experts Recommend Nuts and Dried Fruits as Part of a Healthy Diet
INC hosts historic first meeting of health researchers from around the world, where diabetes was defined as a topic of focus for future investigation in nut and dried fruit research. From October 20-21, 2022, the world’s leading researchers gathered for NUTS 2022 to discuss the current and future of health research on nuts and dried […]
The Impact of Daily Walnuts Consumption and Lifestyle Changes on Dyslipidemia
A study in the Journal of Food Science and Nutrition set out to explore how consistent walnut consumption affects dyslipidemia. Dyslipidemia, the imbalance of lipids like LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and HDL cholesterol, is one of the most commonly related health conditions to cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the study, researchers examined walnut consumption as part of […]
Cranberry Consumption May Help Protect Against Cognitive Decline
