Mechanisms underlying the cardiometabolic protective effect of walnut consumption in obese people: A cross‐over, randomized, double‐blind, controlled inpatient physiology study

Abstract

These data provide a more comprehensive mechanistic perspective of the effect of dietary walnut consumption on cardiometabolic variables. Lipidomic and lipid nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis showed an early but significant reduction in ceramides and other atherogenic lipids with walnut consumption, which may explain the longer-term benefits of walnuts or other nuts on insulin resistance, cardiovascular risk and mortality.