Eating 57g pecan per day 🥜 (replacing other snacks for 12 weeks) reduced total cholesterol by 8mg/dL, among people with some metabolic risks. LDL and triglycerides were also reduced. Body weight and hemodynamic parameters were not improved, though.
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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Consuming pecans as a snack improves lipids/lipoproteins and diet quality compared with usual diet in adults at increased risk…
The vascular and cardiometabolic effects of pecans are relatively understudied.
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Replacing a traditional carbohydrate-based bedtime snack with pistachios 🥜 may reshape the gut microbiome in prediabetic adults. “Good” bacteria 🦠 that produce beneficial short-chain fatty acids like butyrate were more abundant after pistachios. Butyrate supports anti-inflammatory processes in the gut. 💪
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