One more reason to eat walnuts: they're good for your gut
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For a study published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, rats were fed either a diet that included ground walnuts (an amount equivalent to about half a cup a day for humans) or a walnut-free diet. After 10 weeks, the walnut rats had a significant increase in the diversity of their gut bacteria — because walnuts act as a prebiotic, which means they feed and nourish the beneficial microbes that inhabit your intestines. Lead researcher Dr Lauri Byerley, from Louisiana State University, Read the full story