The Younger You Start, The More Walnuts Can Protect Your Heart

A new study shows that walnut consumption is especially potent for heart health, and the earlier you start, the better the benefit. Listen in this week as Dee discusses the details of the study and why walnuts are an important shield against heart disease.

References:

Steffen, L. M., Yi, S. Y., Duprez, D., Zhou, X., Shikany, J. M., & Jacobs, D. R., Jr (2021). Walnut consumption and cardiac phenotypes: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases: NMCD, 31(1), 95–101. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8574984/