Effect of Walnut Supplementation on Dietary Polyphenol Intake and Urinary Polyphenol Excretion in the Walnuts and Healthy Aging Study.

Among all tree nuts, walnuts contain the highest total polyphenols by weight. This secondary data analysis examined the effect of daily walnut supplementation on the total dietary polyphenols and subclasses and the urinary excretion of total polyphenols in a free-living elderly population. In this 2-year prospective, randomized intervention trial (ID NCT01634841), the dietary polyphenol intake […]

The metabolizable energy and lipid bioaccessibility of tree nuts and peanuts: a systematic review with narrative synthesis of human and in vitro studies.

Nuts are an energy-dense food, yet regular consumption is not associated with weight gain. A proportion of the fats found within nuts remains encapsulated within cell walls and cannot be digested. Metabolizable energy can be explored by measuring fecal fat excretion in human studies, and fat release among in vitro studies. This systematic review with […]

Effect of Walnut Supplementation on Dietary Polyphenol Intake

Elderly people who added walnuts to their diet had higher levels of several nutrients A new study published in Nutrients explored how dietary supplementation with walnuts affected polyphenol intake and the urinary excretion of phenolic metabolites in elderly participants. It was the first study to show that the addition of a single food (i.e. walnuts), […]

Review Finds Metabolizable Energy Content of Nuts Is Lower Than Expected

The lower-than-expected metabolizable energy may explain the lack of association between nut intake and weight gain Advances in Nutrition is set to publish the first-ever systematic review of the body of evidence on the metabolizable energy content and lipid bioaccessibility of tree nuts and peanuts. The authors of the review searched the PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, […]

Nutrients Publishes Six More Articles in NUTS 2022 Special Issue

Last year’s historic gathering of health researchers has produced a total of 11 articles The journal Nutrients has published six more articles as part of the proceedings of NUTS 2022, bringing the total number of articles published as a result of this historic gathering to 11. In October of last year, NUTS 2022 brought together […]

Industry Highlight: Prunes Chile

Production Chile’s tradition of growing and processing fruit dates back to the colonial period, when these plants were brought over by the Spanish. Starting in the 16th century, European fruit trees were successfully adapted to Chilean soils and climates, making it possible to introduce the production process.[1] Moving into the 21st century, Chile’s “fruit boom” […]