What do walnuts do to your blood and sugar?
Walnut-enriched diet reduces fasting non-HDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein B in healthy Caucasian subjects: a randomized controlled cross-over clinical trial.
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Surprising Findings
Walnuts lowered apoB — a direct measure of atherogenic particles — without changing LDL or total cholesterol significantly.
Most people focus on LDL cholesterol, but apoB is a more accurate predictor of heart disease risk. The fact that walnuts reduced it without shifting LDL is unexpected and scientifically interesting.
Practical Takeaways
Add 43g (about 1 handful) of walnuts to your daily diet if you're over 50 and want to support heart health.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
Walnuts lowered apoB — a direct measure of atherogenic particles — without changing LDL or total cholesterol significantly.
Most people focus on LDL cholesterol, but apoB is a more accurate predictor of heart disease risk. The fact that walnuts reduced it without shifting LDL is unexpected and scientifically interesting.
Practical Takeaways
Add 43g (about 1 handful) of walnuts to your daily diet if you're over 50 and want to support heart health.
Publication
Journal
Metabolism: clinical and experimental
Year
2014
Authors
Liya Wu, K. Piotrowski, Tiina Rau, E. Waldmann, U. Broedl, H. Demmelmair, B. Koletzko, R. Stark, J. Nagel, C. Mantzoros, K. Parhofer
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Claims (3)
Eating walnuts might help improve your cholesterol levels because they're packed with healthy fats.
Eating a small handful of walnuts every day for two months might help lower bad cholesterol and a blood protein linked to heart disease in healthy older white adults.
Eating a handful of walnuts every day for two months doesn’t seem to change key health numbers like good cholesterol, blood sugar, or inflammation in healthy white adults over 50 — so the heart benefits of walnuts might only show up in certain types of fats in the blood.