{"id":195253,"date":"2017-08-18T11:02:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T11:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/walnuts-for-weight-loss\/"},"modified":"2017-08-18T11:02:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T11:02:50","slug":"walnuts-for-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/walnuts-for-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Walnuts for Weight Loss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"media-100000002154463\" class=\"media photo lede layout-large-horizontal\" role=\"group\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Photo<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2013\/04\/05\/science\/05wellwalnuts\/05wellwalnuts-master768-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"media-viewer-candidate\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption\"><span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Credit<\/span><br \/>\n            Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times        <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">A handful of walnuts may be an effective weight loss tool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">Walnuts are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and other substances and, in moderation, have been linked to reduced risk of obesity and diabetes. They may also efficiently reduce appetite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">Researchers now may have found out why. They had nine hospitalized obese patients drink, on five consecutive days, either a smoothie containing 48 grams of walnuts (1.7 ounces, or about 14 walnut halves and 315 calories) or a placebo smoothie identical in taste and calorie content. Then, after a month on their regular diet, the patients returned for a second five-day trial, with placebo drinkers on the first trial receiving a walnut smoothie, and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">The participants underwent M.R.I. brain exams while looking at pictures of high-fat food (cake, for example), low-fat food (vegetables) or neutral pictures of rocks and trees.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"button comments-button  theme-speech-bubble-large\"><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">The study, published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism<\/a>, found that when people looked at pictures of high-fat food, activation in the insula, a part of the brain involved in appetite and impulse control, increased among those who drank the walnut smoothie, but not among placebo drinkers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">\u201cWalnuts can alter the way our brains view food and impact our appetites,\u201d said the lead author, Olivia M. Farr, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. \u201cOur results confirm the current recommendations to include walnuts as part of a healthy diet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times A handful of walnuts may be an effective weight loss tool. Walnuts are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and other substances and, in moderation, have been linked to reduced risk of obesity and diabetes. They may also efficiently reduce appetite. Researchers now may have found out <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/walnuts-for-weight-loss\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}