Walnuts have higher antioxidant activity than any other common nut.
- Antioxidants like
- vitamin E,
- melatonin
- polyphenols, which are particularly high in the papery skin of walnuts .
- A preliminary, small study in healthy adults showed that eating a walnut-rich meal reduced levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol.
- Oxidized LDL is prone to build up in arteries, causing atherosclerosis .
- Scientists found that high presence of antioxidant in walnut altered the expression of over 450 genes in the tumors in ways that could suppress cancer growth and improve survival outcomes.