Effects of walnuts on endothelial function in overweight adults with visceral obesity: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Metabolic syndrome is a precursor of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Walnut ingestion has been shown to reduce CVD risk indices in diabetes. This randomized controlled crossover trial was performed to investigate the effects of daily walnut consumption on endothelial function and other biomarkers of cardiac risk in a population of overweight individuals with visceral adiposity.

Methods

Forty-six overweight adults (average age, 57.4 years; 28 women, 18 men) with elevated waist circumference and 1 or more additional signs of metabolic syndrome were randomly assigned to two 8-week sequences of walnut-enriched ad libitum diet and ad libitum diet without walnuts, which were separated by a 4-week washout period. The primary outcome measure was the change in f

SUBMITTER: Katz DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3756625 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature