Why Walnuts are called Power house of Antioxidant?

Walnuts have higher antioxidant activity than any other common nut.

• Antioxidants like

1. vitamin E,
2. melatonin
3. 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.

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