Nuts lower cholesterol

Walnuts can help improve the balance of fats in the blood according to new research in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In this study, 87 people with normal to moderately high cholesterol levels supplemented their diet with walnuts (12 per cent of total daily energy intake, around 17 walnut halves per day) everyday for six months. The beneficial effect was most significant in participants with high cholesterol levels.

_{Torabian et al., 2010. Long-term walnut supplementation without dietary advice induces favorable serum lipid changes in free-living individuals. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 64 (3) 274-279.}