Eating walnuts every day for six weeks doesn’t seem to boost your body’s overall antioxidant levels if you're a healthy older adult who already eats well.

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Chronic and acute effects of walnuts on antioxidant capacity and nutritional status in humans: a randomized, cross-over pilot study

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2010 May 12

The study gave people walnuts every day for 6 weeks and found it didn’t significantly boost their body’s overall antioxidant levels, just like the claim says.

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Chronic and acute effects of walnuts on antioxidant capacity and nutritional status in humans: a randomized, cross-over pilot study

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DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-9-21

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