Daily consumption of nuts are as good for your brain as they are for the rest of your body.
Peanuts During Breastfeeding Reduce Risk of Allergy In Child
Children were five times less likely to develop an allergy if their mothers had eaten nuts during breastfeeding and introduced nuts to the child within a year.
Children were five times less likely to develop an allergy if their mothers had eaten nuts during breastfeeding and introduced nuts to the child within a year.
‘Despite having little effect on weight, many studies have shown that people who eat nuts live longer than those who don't.’
In the study, researchers from the Loma Linda University in California explored the effects of regular consumption of six nut varieties -- almonds, cashews, peanuts, pecans, pistachios and walnuts -- on brainwave activity. Electroencephalograms (EEG) were performed on the participants who ate the nuts to measure the strength of brainwave signals.
The results, published in the FASEB Journal, showed that pistachios produced the greatest gamma wave response, which is critical for enhancing cognitive processing, information retention, learning, perception and rapid eye movement during sleep.
Feeding Babies Egg, Peanuts, Fish May Prevent Food Allergy
Introducing foods like egg, nuts, fish, to babies between four and seven months may reduce the risk of food allergy later in life.
Introducing foods like egg, nuts, fish, to babies between four and seven months may reduce the risk of food allergy later in life.
"This study provides significant beneficial findings by demonstrating that nuts are as good for your brain as they are for the rest of your body," said lead investigator Lee Berk, Associate Dean at the varsity.
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Early Exposure to Peanuts can Reduce Allergy Risk
The new guidelines offer several methods to introduce age-appropriate peanut-containing foods to infants who have already eaten solid foods.
The new guidelines offer several methods to introduce age-appropriate peanut-containing foods to infants who have already eaten solid foods.
All nuts were found high in beneficial antioxidants, with walnuts containing the highest antioxidant concentrations of all.
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Non-Allergenic Peanuts Could Soon be a Reality
The discovery takes the researchers one step closer in creating peanuts that will lead to increased crop productivity and nutritional value.
The discovery takes the researchers one step closer in creating peanuts that will lead to increased crop productivity and nutritional value.
