Walnuts and Artery Function
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 09/05/2014

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DESCRIPTION: Not eating walnuts may double our risk of dying from heart disease (compared to at least one serving a week), perhaps because nuts appear to improve endothelial function, allowing our arteries to better relax normally.

This helps explain why Nuts May Help Prevent Death (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/nuts-may-help-prevent-death)

What else can nuts do? See, for example:
• Fighting Inflammation in a Nut Shell (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fighting-inflammation-in-a-nut-shell/)
• Tree Nuts or Peanuts for Breast Cancer Prevention? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/tree-nuts-or-peanuts-for-breast-cancer-prevention/)
• Pistachio Nuts for Erectile Dysfunction (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/pistachio-nuts-for-erectile-dysfunction/)
• Nuts and Bolts of Cholesterol Lowering (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/nuts-and-bolts-of-cholesterol-lowering/)

Don't nuts make us fat, though? You may be surprised—see Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/nuts-and-obesity-the-weight-of-evidence/).

Which type of walnut is better? Black Versus English Walnuts (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/black-versus-english-walnuts/)

What about the phytates in nuts--do we need to soak or toast them? See:
• Phytates for the Prevention of Osteoporosis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-prevention-of-osteoporosis/) 
• Phytates for the Prevention of Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-prevention-of-cancer/)
• Phytates for Rehabilitating Cancer Cells (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-rehabilitating-cancer-cells/)
• Phytates for the Treatment of Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-treatment-of-cancer/)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/walnuts-and-artery-function/ and he'll try to answer it!

Image Credit: Alex Ex and J.Dncsn via Wikimedia, and angels aguirre via Flickr.

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