Adding just a beaker of nuts to yo...

Adding just a beaker of nuts to your diet each week can bring into your risk of heart disease, if it were not that what kind of nuts should you reach for first? A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says to proceed for the walnuts.

According to a application of mind lead by Regalio Almario, walnuts not sole lower total cholesterol, but they also lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and this is suitable news for your heart. The contemplation focused on five men and 13 postmenopausal women above the age of 60 who had high-serum cholesterol flushs Over a five-and-a-half month period, and after consuming just 48 grams of walnuts a day, no weight gain was reported, nevertheless LDL cholesterol levels had dropp by means of almost 30 percent in those who ate the nuts

What gives walnuts this heart-helping power? Like fish oil and soybean proceedss (omega-3 fats), walnuts are a rich source of other essential fatty acids (including omega-9, or oleic acid), or "good" fats.

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