Walnuts can improve mood in young men

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New York, Nov 19 (IANS)  A handful of walnuts every day can help young men happily tackle life’s daily stress as this nutrient-dense snack can lead to a happier state-of-mind, suggests a new study.

The researchers found a significant improvement in mood in young, healthy males who consumed walnuts every day for eight weeks.
“In the past, studies on walnuts have shown beneficial effects on many health outcomes like heart disease, diabetes and obesity,” said researcher Peter Pribis, Professor at University of New Mexico in the US.
“Our study was different because we focused on cognition, and in this controlled randomised trial (CRT) we measured mood outcomes in males and females,” Pribis added.
The participants of the study were 64 students between the ages of 18-25.
The participants were asked to eat three slices of banana bread every day for sixteen weeks — eight weeks of banana bread with walnuts and eight weeks of banana bread without walnuts.
The nuts were finely ground into the dough so the two banana breads were similar in taste and appearance. While eating banana bread with walnuts the participants consumed half a cup of walnuts daily.
 

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