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Home / Health News / Wonder walnut: All the health benefits you didn’t know about!

Wonder walnut: All the health benefits you didn’t know about!

Walnuts are just one in-a-line food that contain dietary fiber and have interested scientists for their impact on the microbiome and health.

By: ANI   | | Published: May 4, 2018 1:42 pm
Tags: Balanced diet  Blood samples  Clinical research  Study  Walnuts  
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You can opt for walnuts, if you wish to build stronger bones. © Shutterstock

Walnuts, also considered the nut ambrosia, can have various health and mental benefits. Also Read - Eat more walnuts to keep your heart healthy and disease-free

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According to a study conducted by the University of Illinois, the way walnuts impact the gut microbiome – the collection of trillions of microbes or bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract – may be behind some of those health benefits. Also Read - Diet mistakes that can cause hair loss, brittle nails

Diets rich in nuts, such as walnuts, have been shown to play a role in heart health and in reducing colorectal cancer.

Dietary fiber acts as a food source for gut microbiota, helping the bacteria to do their jobs – breaking down complex foods, providing us nutrients, or helping us feel full, for example.

Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and legumes are important plant sources of dietary fiber. Eating a variety of these foods helps promote a diverse gut microbiota, which in turn helps to support health.

Findings from the study show that consuming walnuts not only impacted the gut microbiota and microbial-derived secondary bile acids, but also reduced LDL-cholesterol levels in the adults participating in the study; good news for cardio, metabolic, and gastrointestinal health.

“We found that when you consume walnuts it increases microbes that produce butyrate, a beneficial metabolite for colonic health. So the interaction of walnuts with the microbiome is helping to produce some of those health effects,” said Hannah Holscher, the lead author of the study.

“Some of those health effects are hypothesized to be related to the metabolites bacteria produce,” she added. Here’s why you should have walnuts daily!

For the controlled-feeding study, 18 healthy male and female adults consumed diets that either included 0 grams of walnuts or 42 grams – about a third cup or a palm-full of walnuts – for two, three-week periods.

Fecal and blood samples were collected at the beginning and end of each period to assess secondary outcomes of the study, including effects of walnut consumption on fecal microbiota and bile acids and metabolic markers of health.

Walnut consumption resulted in a higher relative abundance of three bacteria of interest: Faecalibacterium, Roseburia, and Clostridium.

“The microbes that increased in relative abundance in this walnut study are from one of the Clostridium clusters of microbes, and there’s increased interest in those because they have the ability to make butyrate,” Holscher said. “Unfortunately in this study we didn’t measure butyrate, so we can’t say that just because these microbes increased that butyrate did increase. We still need to answer that question.

“There is a lot of interest in Faecalibacterium because it has also been shown in animals to reduce inflammation. Animals with higher amounts also have better insulin sensitivity. There is also growing interest in Faecalibacterium as potential probiotic bacteria, and so we are trying to follow up on foods that help support Faecalibacterium.”

The findings also showed that with walnut consumption, a reduction in secondary bile acids compared to the control.

“Secondary bile acids have been shown to be higher in individuals with higher rates of colorectal cancer,” Holscher explained. “Secondary bile acids can be damaging to cells within the GI tract, and microbes make those secondary bile acids. If we can reduce secondary bile acids in the gut, it may also help with human health.”

Previous research that prompted this microbial research showed that the amount of energy (calories) derived from walnuts after we eat them is less than previously thought.

The findings from the study are published in The Journal of Nutrition.

Source: ANI

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Published : May 4, 2018 1:42 pm
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