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/

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Get the latest news and information on health with organic chemist and nutritonist Dee McCaffrey who lost 100 pounds by staying away from processed foods.