Eating macadamia nuts every day for two months might slightly lower bad cholesterol in people who are overweight or obese — but the change is pretty small and might not make a big difference.

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Macadamia nut effects on cardiometabolic risk factors: a randomised trial

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2023

The study found that eating macadamia nuts every day for 8 weeks led to small drops in bad cholesterol, just like the claim says, but the drops weren’t big enough to be sure they weren’t due to chance. Still, it lines up with the idea that macadamia nuts might help a little.

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Macadamia nut effects on cardiometabolic risk factors: a randomised trial

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DOI: 10.1017/jns.2023.39

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