The health benefits of nuts.
Overall; nuts can belp reduce the certain risk factors associated with CVD and other chronic diseases; helping to prevent disease and promote health.
Nuts and health outcomes: new epidemiologic evidence.
This article reviews recent epidemiologic evidence on nut intake and health outcomes. It focuses on studies in which nut consumption is directly assessed or when nuts are included in a dietary score or pattern. Epidemiologic studies have been remarkably consistent in showing an association between nut consumption and a reduced risk of coronary heart disease […]
Regular Consumption of Nuts Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women with Type 2 Diabetes.
Higher nut consumption has been associated with lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) events in several epidemiologic studies. The study examined the association between intake of nuts and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a cohort of women with type 2 diabetes. For the primary analysis; there were 6309 women with type 2 diabetes who […]
Mediterranean diet and high dietary acid load associated with mixed nuts: effect on bone metabolism in elderly subjects
Objectives: To analyze the effect of differing diet on the acid load content on bone metabolism. Design: Multicentric; randomized; single-blind; parallel-group clinical trial. Setting: Outpatient clinics. Participants: Two hundred thirty-eight elderly men and women aged 60 to 80 at high risk for cardiovascular disease were randomly assigned to three interventional groups: a recommended low-fat diet […]
The effects of hazelnut oil usage on live weight; carcass; rumen; some blood parameters and femur head ash in Akkaraman lambs
This study was carried out to determine the effects of hazelnut oil supplementation in the diets on growth; carcass and blood parameters as well as rumen pH; protozoa quantity and femur head ash in Akkaraman lambs. Forty native Akkaraman lambs were used. The lambs were divided into two groups as treatment and control. The treatment […]
The effect of a calorie controlled diet containing walnuts on substrate oxidation during 8-hours in a room calorimeter
OBJECTIVE: Dietary macronutrient proportions affect substrate utilization; but in practice people consume foods. We hypothesized that in overweight adults; a calorie controlled diet based on core foods and including walnuts may be advantageous in promoting greater use of fat stores. METHODS: This crossover study tested the effects of diet-related energy expenditure and fat oxidation in […]
Functional Foods as Modifiers of Cardiovascular Disease
There is growing consensus that systemic inflammation is at the heart of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Inflammation is a key feature of the immune system; functioning to defend tissue integrity and function. However; chronic stimulation of inflammatory mediators leads to lasting vascular reactivity; insulin resistance; hyperlipidemia; and; subsequently; chronic disease. Dietary practices to minimize inflammatory stimuli […]
Effects of one serving of mixed nuts on serum lipids; insulin resistance and inflammatory markers in patients with the metabolic syndrome
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Knowledge of the effect of nut consumption on metabolic syndrome (MetS) components is limited. We assessed the effects of nut intake on adiposity; serum lipids; insulin resistance; and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with MetS. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a randomized; parallel-group; 12-week feeding trial; 50 patients with MetS were given recommendations for […]
Analysis of genes early expressed during Aspergillus flavus colonisation of hazelnut
Aflatoxins contamination by Aspergillus flavus is a matter of great concern for oil rich crops among which hazelnuts represent economically important agricultural commodities of Mediterranean countries; mainly used as mixed nuts or as ingredients in the bakery and confectionery industries. Since the biosynthetic pathway of aflatoxin biosynthesis has been elucidated in detail; expression analysis of […]
Beliefs; benefits; barriers; attitude; intake and knowledge about peanuts and tree nuts among WIC participants in eastern North Carolina
The objective of this study was to assess beliefs (e.g. advantages; disadvantages; benefits; barriers) and knowledge about eating peanuts and tree nuts. Personal interviews based on the Theory of Planned Behavior were conducted to elicit beliefs about eating nuts. Then; a cross-sectional survey was administered to WIC participants from one county in North Carolina. One-hundred-twenty-four […]