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Eating macadamia nuts doesn't really lower your bad cholesterol much, but walnuts do make a noticeable difference.

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Macadamia nut effects on cardiometabolic risk factors: a randomised trial

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2023

The study found that eating macadamia nuts every day didn’t significantly lower bad or total cholesterol, which supports the idea that they don’t help much with cholesterol compared to other nuts like walnuts.

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Macadamia nut effects on cardiometabolic risk factors: a randomised trial

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2023

The study found that eating macadamia nuts every day didn’t significantly lower bad or total cholesterol, which supports the idea that they don’t help much compared to other nuts like walnuts that do lower cholesterol more noticeably.

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Macadamia Nut Consumption Modulates Favourably Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease in Hypercholesterolemic Subjects

Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2007 Jun

The study looked at how macadamia nuts affect heart disease risk factors, but it didn’t measure cholesterol changes in this experiment or compare them to walnuts, so we can’t tell if the claim is right based on this study.

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Similar Assertions

Eating macadamia nuts might slightly lower bad cholesterol in overweight adults, even if they don’t cut back on saturated fat — kind of like other nuts do.

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Eating about a handful of macadamia nuts every day might help lower bad cholesterol and improve heart health in people with slightly high cholesterol.

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Eating lots of macadamia nuts might help improve your cholesterol levels and lower your risk of heart problems if you have slightly high cholesterol.

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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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Eating macadamia nuts might help lower cholesterol more in people who are overweight but not obese, especially if they have less body fat, compared to those with more body fat or obesity.

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