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...that an afternoon snack of walnuts gets your small gray cells going? You can relate to this ­ during the afternoon of a long work day, you often lack energy and your mind is empty. A healthy snack will quickly restore your performance level. A handful of California walnuts is especially suitable in this situation. Whether it be for nibbling or mixed in with yogurt, cereal or salad, the tasty nuts with their ideal combination of vitamin B, lecithin, choline, magnesium and omega 3 fatty acids assist in quickly bringing our brain back to life. Walnuts are healthy 
 
Walnut Snacks ...that the brain is the largest consumer of energy in our body? Approximately a fifth of energy absorbed from eating is claimed from the little gray cells alone.

Walnut kernels are ideal for boosting mental performance, as well as creativity and concentration. Walnut Snacks 
 
...that the B vitamins in walnuts support essential brain functions and prevent lapses in concentration? Choline and lecithin increase levels of acetylcholine and ensure transmission to the brain. By the way, both substances are more heavily absorbed by an active brain. In other words, a snack of nuts between meal times works even better in combination with brain training such as mental exercise or crossword puzzles. Concentration also is also supported by magnesium, which protects against stress. And new research indicates that Omega 3 fatty acids improve memory and strengthens the thinking process.
 
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...that walnuts are primarily consumed raw and are also available in trail mixes? Furthermore, the nuts are processed into walnut masses for the sweets industry and bakeries. By cold pressing ripe walnuts, walnut oil is extracted, which can be used to make an exquisite salad.  Product innovations 
 
...that you should not fry or steam walnut oil? Prolonged exposure to heat damages the rich ingredients. Walnut oils are rich in poly unsaturated fatty acids, namely linoleic and linolenic acids. Linoleic acid has 2 unsaturated acids and linolenic acid 3. These unsaturated fatty acids are quickly damaged without protection from vitamin E. They are essential for humans to survive. The body cannot synthesize these poly-unsaturated fatty acids on its own.  Cooking with walnuts 
   
 
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