Walnut consumption reduces triglyceride levels in patients with metabolic syndrome: Study
Researchers have evaluated for the first time the effect of a short/middle-term consumption of a mixture of tree nuts (almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts) on sperm DNA methylation patterns in healthy individuals reporting eating a Western?style diet.
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Iran: Walnut consumption in patients with metabolic syndrome (Mets) may reduce serum triglyceride (TG) levels but does not seems to affect other cardiometabolic indices, says a recent study in the journal Pharmacological Research.
"In order to clarify further beneficial effects of walnut consumption on the cardiometabolic profile, future well-designed and large RCTs will be required," Seyyed Mostafa Arabi, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran, and the team wrote in their study.
Recent studies have investigated the effect of walnut consumption on various components of Mets in different populations. However, there has been no definite conclusion on the findings on the alterations of cardiometabolic and anthropometric indices following walnut consumption in individuals with Mets.
Considering the above, the researchers' team examined the effects of walnut consumption on glucose homeostasis factors (fasting plasma glucose (FPG), insulin, hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c)), lipid profile (triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c)), high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) concentrations and anthropometric indices (body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC)) in trials of 549 participants in the study of eight randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
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