Probably we all know that walnuts are good for overall health. Now a new research has suggested that a daily consumption of walnuts can help seniors keep health-related issues at bay.
Walnuts are among the oldest tree foods grown by man, with their importance being highlighted back in 7000 B.C. Today, due to diet restrictions and several disbeliefs people avoid eating walnuts considering that they are calorie-rich and fat dense in nature.
However, the fact that walnuts are immensely rich in nutrition and their benefits ranging from metabolism to heart health and beauty cannot be overlooked.
Here are top 10 reasons walnuts must be included as a part of healthy diet. “The preliminary results of the Walnuts and Healthy Ageing (WAHA) study demonstrates that daily consumption of walnuts for one year by a sizable cohort of ageing free-living persons has no adverse effects on body weight,” said lead investigator Emilio Ros, Director of the Lipid Clinic, Endocrinology & Nutrition Service at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona in Spain.
“They also show that the well-known cholesterol-lowering effect of walnut diets works equally well in the elderly and is maintained in the long term,” he added.