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| The Walnut Diet
– data from the “Barcelona Study” |
Mediterranean food
has long since been considered to be good for the heart
according to nutrition experts. A recent study conducted by
research teams at the University of Loma Linda, California and
Clinica Barcelona, Spain, has now proven the increase of these
positive effects by the integration of walnuts.
The substitution of some of the traditional foods and fats with
a handful of walnuts every day proves to be healthier on the
heart. |
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A handful of walnuts every day reduces
the risk of heart disease by 11%!!
The results from the Barcelona study were presented
to the public by the head of the study, Dr. Joan Sabaté,
in the Bonn Wissenschaftzentrum (Science Center). Walnuts reduce
the cholesterol level in the blood and therefore the risk of
cardio-vascular disease. Heart diseases (infarct, etc.) are
the cause for 30% of all deaths in Germany. |
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study was conducted on men and women aged 28 to 72 at the Lipids
Division at the Barcelona Clinic. All patients had a high cholesterol
level. Over a time period of six weeks, all participants were
given a diet of Mediterranean food in order to reduce their
cholesterol levels. For a further six weeks, participants took
on another diet in which walnuts replaced 35% of the energy
out of only unsaturated fats. |
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| Mediterranean Food - The Walnut
Diet |
As expected, the cholesterol
level was significantly reduced by the Mediterranean food.
The walnut diet was even more effective and
reduced the serum cholesterol levels by 4.1 percent, the LDL
cholesterol level to 5.9 percent and the lipoprotein(a)-value
to 6.2 percent stronger than the typical Mediterranean fare.
The study has proven that walnuts reduce the risk of
a coronary heart disease by 11 percent. Those who eat
a handful of walnuts each day lower the cholesterol level in
the blood and therefore the risk of cardio-vascular disease.
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| Healthy food - what is
walnut Mediterranean cooking? |
| For six weeks, participants
in the Barcelona study found out how easy it was to switch to
daily healthy eating for the heart. Scientists developed walnut
Mediterranean cooking for the participants, which was not only
delicious and varied, but also easy to prepare! |
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Your diet
should contain very few red meats and eggs, but lots of vegetables
and fish. Now integrate walnuts into your daily eating habits
and cut back on other fats.
Note: Walnuts do
not only have to be snacks, but can be used in desserts, main
dishes or tasty fruit- and milkshakes. |
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Should you
have any questions about this text, please do not hesitate to
contact: Marion Bartelt, IPR, Spadenteich 1, 20099 Hamburg Tel.
040/284030, for questions please send an e-mail: marion.bartelt@ipr.de
Further information can be found at www.walnuss.de
who kindly allows us to publish some of their texts. |
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