Health Benefits of Walnuts


	Health Benefits of Walnuts

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9-2-2008 3:46 AM

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health benefits walnuts, alpha-linolenic acid, cardiovascular health, heart disease, reduce cholesterol, alzheimer's disease, weight loss

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e7949a70-ba04-443b-b783-f344228ad679/DA1D49FC-FCCF-4992-857D-3CBBC0C56CE3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.elements4health.com/health-benefits-walnuts.html" href="http://www.elements4health.com/health-benefits-walnuts.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.elements4health.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.elements4health.com/health-benefits-walnuts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.elements4health.com/img/7C51BE5A-40C5-4242-AB74-F275A5C86DE0" alt="walnuts" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.elements4health.com/health-benefits-walnuts.html"><STRONG>Cardiovascular Health</STRONG>
Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid found mainly in plant sources, especially walnuts. There have been numerous clinical studies that<STRONG> </STRONG>suggest that<STRONG> alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) intake reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease.</STRONG> Alpha-linolenic acid  (ALA) in walnuts may reduce cardiovascular risk through a variety of biologic mechanisms, including platelet function, inflammation, endothelial cell function, arterial compliance, and arrhythmia.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.elements4health.com/health-benefits-walnuts.html"><DIV><STRONG>Alzheimer’s Disease</STRONG>
Fibrillar amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) is the principal component of amyloid plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Over 90% inhibition of Abeta fibrillization from walnut extract was observed in a laboratory study, suggesting that <B>walnuts may reduce the risk or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease by maintaining Abeta in the soluble form.</B></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.elements4health.com/health-benefits-walnuts.html"><DIV><STRONG>Cholesterol</STRONG>
A diet supplemented with walnuts has been shown to <STRONG>significantly reduce total and LDL cholesterol levels.</STRONG></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DA1D49FC-FCCF-4992-857D-3CBBC0C56CE3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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