Fatty acid and tocopherol contents and oxidative stability of walnut oils
Components of the mediterranean-type food pattern and serum inflammatory markers among patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
Objective: To evaluate associations between components of the Mediterranean diet and circulating markers of inflammation in a large cohort of asymptomatic subjects at high risk for cardiovascular disease. Subjects/Methods: A total of 339 men and 433 women aged between 55 and 80 years at high cardiovascular risk because of presence of diabetes or at least […]
Antioxidant phytochemicals in hazelnut kernel (Corylus avellana L.) and hazelnut byproducts.
Antioxidant efficacies of ethanol extracts of defatted raw hazelnut kernel and hazelnut byproducts (skin; hard shell; green leafy cover; and tree leaf) were evaluated by monitoring total antioxidant activity (TAA) and free-radical scavenging activity tests [hydrogen peroxide; superoxide radical; and 2;2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical]; together with antioxidant activity in a beta-carotene-linoleate model system; inhibition of oxidation […]
Nut consumption; vegetarian diets; ischemic heart disease risk; and all-cause mortality: evidence from epidemiologic studies.
Perhaps one of the most unexpected and novel findings in nutritional epidemiology in the past 5 y has been that nut consumption seems to protect against ischemic heart disease (IHD). Frequency and quantity of nut consumption have been documented to be higher in vegetarian than in nonvegetarian populations. Nuts also constitute an important part of […]
Serum lipid response to the graduated enrichment of a step 1 diet with almonds: a randomized feeding trial.
BACKGROUND: Frequent consumption of nuts may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease by favorably altering serum lipid and lipoprotein concentrations. OBJECTIVE: We compared the effects of 2 amounts of almond intake with those of a National Cholesterol Education Program Step I diet on serum lipids; lipoproteins; apolipoproteins; and glucose in healthy and mildly hypercholesterolemic adults. […]
Effect of walnuts on serum lipid levels and blood pressure in normal men.
BACKGROUND. In a recent six-year follow-up study; we found that frequent consumption of nuts was associated with a reduced risk of ischemic heart disease. To explore possible explanations for this finding; we studied the effects of nut consumption on serum lipids and blood pressure. METHODS. We randomly placed 18 healthy men on two mixed natural […]
Nut consumption and protection against coronary heart disease death in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). World Congress of Cardiology 2006; Abstract number 270; www.escardio.org.
Purpose: Nuts have been suggested to be protective of coronary heart disease. However; all epidemiologic information to date is derived from cohorts based on American populations; which may have different dietary backgrounds and nut intake patterns than other populations. Methods: The association of nut intake and coronary heart disease mortality was examined in 399;633 subjects; […]
Dietary fibre; nuts and cardiovascular diseases.
Dietary fibre has a range of metabolic health benefits. Through a variety of mechanisms; dietary fibre; and the viscous variety in particular; slows down gastric emptying and intestinal transit; decreases the rate of intestinal carbohydrate absorption; and increases faecal bile acid excretion. Therefore; consumption of some types of soluble fibre can enhance satiety; which is […]
Vegetarian diets and obesity prevention. CRC Press; Boca Raton; 91-107.
Nuts: a new protective food against coronary heart disease
Recent epidemiological findings indicate that frequent nut consumption offers protection from fatal and non-fatal coronary heart disease events. Although human nutrition studies seem to indicate that nut consumption lowers total and LDL cholesterol; the unique nutrient composition of nuts invites speculation on other mechanisms of protection.