As part of the research the team analysed the data of 1,833 participants at “high cardiovascular risk” from an existing study.
The participants were split into three groups with different diets, one which included the consumption of walnuts.
It concludes: “A metabolite profile including 19 metabolites was associated with walnut consumption and with a lower risk of incident type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in a Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk.”
The research adds: “Using an agnostic machine-learning approach, we identified 19 plasma metabolites, including lipids, purines, acylcarnitines, and amino acids, that were associated with walnut consumption using data from the PREDIMED study.
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