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Scientists have once again confirmed that walnuts are incredibly healthy. This product is especially beneficial for the heart and intestines..

The study was conducted by American scientists with the participation of 42 respondents. Each of the volunteers was overweight.. At the same time, before the study on the benefits of walnuts, respondents were on a “diet” with an abundance of carbohydrates and fats.

Then they were divided into three groups with different dietary patterns, which they followed for 6 weeks. The participants of the first group were replaced with harmful saturated fats with whole walnuts, the second group with an equivalent amount of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids without walnuts, and in the third with ALA, which was partially replaced with oleic fatty acid, but also without walnuts.

Scientists collected samples of intestinal bacteria from study participants three days before the end of the preliminary American diet and during the experiment. It turned out that volunteers who consumed walnuts increased the number of beneficial intestinal bacteria, for example, Roseburia, which protects the intestinal lining. The number of Eubacterium eligens associated with improved blood pressure has also increased..

In addition, walnuts also helped to increase the number of Lachnospiraceae bacteria that help to seriously lower blood pressure, total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

At the same time, two other diets showed disastrous results..

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