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Eating a small handful of walnuts every day for a month doesn’t seem to change how sticky your blood cells are, at least in healthy young guys.

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Effect of moderate walnut consumption on lipid profile, arterial stiffness, and platelet activation in humans

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2011 Feb

The study looked at whether eating a small handful of walnuts every day for a month changes blood markers related to heart health in healthy young men. It found no effect on how sticky the blood cells become, which supports the idea that eating this amount of walnuts doesn’t change platelet activity.

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Effect of moderate walnut consumption on lipid profile, arterial stiffness, and platelet activation in humans

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DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.233

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