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A Hearty Life

October 10th, 2006

Walnuts, Nitric Oxide, and the Heart

Good news for my mother-in-law who loves nuts of all kinds. Recent research (funded by the California Walnut Commission) suggests that walnuts may help reduce inflammation and oxidation in heart arteries to a greater extent than olive oil.
In this small study of 24 adults, half of whom had normal cholesterol and half with moderately high […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 4 comments