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[Pipilongstocking]

interesting thanks

[rayovacAAA]

WALNUTS AND A2-73!!!!!!!!


https://www.health.harvard.edu/cholesterol/walnuts-can-lower-cholesterol

The researchers randomly assigned 112 people ages 25 to 75—70% of whom were women—to two groups. People in both groups were given 2 ounces of walnuts to eat daily. They were told to eat whatever else they wanted but to keep a record of what they ate. One group was also told to eat 366 fewer calories from other food to compensate for the calories added by the walnuts. Both groups ate the walnuts for six months, and their customary diet without walnuts for another six months.

Everyone visited clinical centers every three months to be weighed and measured and to have their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels checked. At those visits, the researchers also evaluated the quality of their diets using the Healthy Eating Index 2010.

The researchers found that participants' total and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels fell significantly when they ate walnuts every day. Moreover, their weight remained stable whether or not they reduced other calories. In addition, their overall diets were healthier when they were eating walnuts

[falconer66a]

But why not in younger people, then?

Levels [of oxidized cholesterol] have been shown to dramatically increase in Alzheimer’s disease brains, adding to the evidence that oxidized cholesterol may be “the driving force behind the development of Alzheimer’s disease.”

If oxidized cholesterol is the cause of Alzheimer’s, how come the disease primarily strikes older people; is a geriatric disease? The diets of 30-year olds are not significantly different from 70-year olds?

Not a convincing Alzheimer’s etiology.