walnuts https://greenmedinfo.com/category/substance/walnuts en Eating More Antioxidant-Rich Nuts Improves Heart Health https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/eating-more-antioxidant-rich-nuts-improves-heart-health <div class="copyright">This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2012<br/><strong><a href="/greenmedinfocom-re-post-guidelines">Visit our Re-post guidelines</a></strong></div><p class="rtecenter"><img alt="Eating More Antioxidant-Rich Nuts Improves Heart Health" src="//cdn.greenmedinfo.com/sites/default/files/ckeditor/sayerji/images/nuts_benefits.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 274px;" /></p> <p>Beyond flavor and crunch, there are plenty of good reasons to throw some nuts into your brownies, banana bread, yogurt, muffins, pancakes, salads and smoothies. <strong><a href="/search/gmi/antioxidant" rel="nofollow">Antioxidants</a></strong>, lower oxidized cholesterol and better heart health are just a few of the benefits of indulging in nuts.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to a study published in the <a href="http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/170/9/821" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Archives of Internal Medicine</em></a>, eating more nuts is associated with improved blood cholesterol levels.</p> <p>Researchers from Loma Linda University in California gathered data from 25 studies on eating nuts conducted in seven countries and involving 583 women and men with high or normal cholesterol levels. All the studies compared a control group to a group assigned to eat nuts.</p> <p>Every day study participants ate an average of 2.4 ounces of nuts – equivalent to about 50 almonds. This was associated with an average 5.1 percent reduction in total cholesterol, a 7.4 percent reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or "bad" cholesterol) and an 8.3 percent improvement in the ratio of LDL cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or "good" cholesterol). &nbsp;In addition, <strong><a href="/search/gmi/triglycerides" rel="nofollow">triglyceride</a></strong> levels declined by 10.2 percent.</p> <p><a href="https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/eating-more-antioxidant-rich-nuts-improves-heart-health" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/eating-more-antioxidant-rich-nuts-improves-heart-health#comments Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Attack Nuts Vitamin E walnuts Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0000 mmking 84678 at https://greenmedinfo.com This Fatty Food Promotes a Healthy Heart and Waistline‏ https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/fatty-food-promotes-healthy-heart-and-waistline <div class="copyright">This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2020<br/><strong><a href="/greenmedinfocom-re-post-guidelines">Visit our Re-post guidelines</a></strong></div><p class="rtecenter"><img alt="This Fatty Food Promotes A Healthy Heart And Waistline‏" src="//cdn.greenmedinfo.com/sites/default/files/ckeditor/stebu/images/avacado1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 377px;" /></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px;"><em><strong>The myth persists that high fat foods gunk up your arteries and pad your hips. But it's just not true especially when it comes to the highest fat fruit on the planet -- the <a href="/substance/avocado" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">avocado</a> (Persea americana)</strong></em></span></p> <p>In fact, science gives high marks to avocados when it comes to protecting your heart and maintaining a healthy weight. Not that long ago, the HASS Avocado Board commissioned a review of the studies on avocados and their nutrients.<sup><strong><a href="#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title="">[1]</a></strong></sup></p><p><a href="https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/fatty-food-promotes-healthy-heart-and-waistline" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/fatty-food-promotes-healthy-heart-and-waistline#comments almonds Avacado Choline Folate Lutein Magnesium Monounsaturated fatty acids Niacin Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B-5) perseitol Phytosterols pistachios Potassium Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) Vitamin B-6 Vitamin C Vitamin E walnuts Zeaxanthin almonds Avacado Choline Folate Lutein Magnesium Monounsaturated Fatty Acids Niacin Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B-5) perseitol phytosterols pistachios potassium Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) Vitamin B-6 Vitamin C VITAMIN E walnuts Zeaxanthin Thu, 24 May 2018 15:09:41 +0000 GMI reporter 114252 at https://greenmedinfo.com