The Claim
Daily consumption of 42 grams of walnuts for three weeks reduces fecal deoxycholic acid by 25% and lithocholic acid by 45% in healthy adults.
What the research says
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Eating 42 grams of walnuts every day for three weeks lowers levels of two bile acids in the stool—deoxycholic acid by 25% and lithocholic acid by 45%—in healthy adults.
See the scientific wording
Daily consumption of 42 grams of walnuts for three weeks reduces fecal secondary bile acids deoxycholic acid by 25% and lithocholic acid by 45% in healthy adults, which may lower exposure to proinflammatory and potentially carcinogenic compounds in the colon.
Eating walnuts delivers fiber and fats that feed specific gut bacteria, which then outcompete other bacteria that turn bile acids into harmful chemicals. These good bacteria reduce the production of deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid, lowering their levels in the colon.
What the research says
1 studyEating a small handful of walnuts every day for three weeks lowered two gut chemicals linked to inflammation and colon cancer in a study of healthy adults. The study found exactly what the claim said: these harmful chemicals went down by 25% and 45%.
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