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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

Effect of Brazil nut supplementation on the blood levels of selenium and glutathione peroxidase in hemodialysis patients

OBJECTIVE: In patients who have undergone hemodialysis; large amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced and; at higher concentrations; ROS are thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. It has been proposed that selenium (Se) may exert an antiatherogenic influence by reducing oxidative stress. The richest known food source of selenium […]