The Claim
Daily consumption of 45 grams of walnuts for four weeks has no significant effect on body weight, body fat mass, or body water percentage in middle-aged adults at risk for metabolic syndrome, and the observed reduction in waist circumference is not attributable to changes in these measures of overall body composition.
What the research says
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Eating 45 grams of walnuts every day for four weeks does not change body weight, body fat, or body water percentage in middle-aged adults at risk for metabolic syndrome. The decrease in waist size observed during this period is not caused by losing overall body weight or fat.
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Daily consumption of 45 grams of walnuts for four weeks does not significantly change body weight, body fat mass, or body water percentage in middle-aged adults at risk for metabolic syndrome, indicating that the reduction in waist circumference is not due to overall weight loss.
Eating walnuts every day causes fat to shift from around the waist to other parts of the body without reducing total fat, so the waist gets smaller even though overall weight stays the same.
What the research says
1 studyEating a handful of walnuts every day for a month didn’t make people lose weight or body fat, but their waist got a little smaller — so the waist shrinkage wasn’t because they lost overall weight.
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