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We know nuts are good for the health. <\/p>\nWe know nuts are good for the health. <\/p>\n
They are packed with nutritional fiber, a plethora of healthy antioxidants, and numerous anti-inflammatory substances. <\/p>\n
But maybe most importantly, a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition<\/em> has found this one nut to slow down the progression of dementia in at-risk seniors.<\/p>\n Researchers used 636 participants aged between 63 and 79 from California and Barcelona. At the beginning of the study they were declared cognitively healthy.<\/p>\n The researchers divided them into two groups – one received between 30 and 60 grams of walnuts per day \u2013 the other consumed none.<\/p>\n They administered neurocognitive tests before the study and then again after two years. The 108 participants in Barcelona were also given frequent brain MRI scans.<\/p>\n When they compared the groups, they found no difference between the cognitive functions.<\/p>\n But their findings revealed some other interesting things.<\/p>\n Smokers in the walnut-eating group displayed a slower cognitive decline than smokers in the non-eating walnut group.<\/p>\n In addition, people who started the study with lower than average neuropsychological test scores also benefited from walnut consumption.<\/p>\n This implies that walnuts make little difference to people who are cognitively normal or healthy, but it shows they can help those who are most at risk of developing dementia.<\/p>\n