Obesity is associated with many diseases, particularly diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis,
and heart disease. The obesity incidence has increased at an alarming rate in recent years …

Epidemiological and clinical studies have indicated that nut consumption could be a healthy
dietary strategy to prevent and treat type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and related cardiovascular …

Tree nuts and peanuts are good sources of many nutrients and antioxidants, but they are
also energy dense. The latter often limits intake because of concerns about their possible …

Various foods are associated with effects against metabolic diseases such as insulin
resistance and type 2 diabetes; however, their mechanisms of action are mostly unclear …

It is well known that the amount and type of ingested fat impacts the development of obesity
and metabolic diseases, but the potential for beneficial effects from fat has received less …

Pine nut oil (PNO) is rich in a variety of unusual delta-5-non-methylene-interrupted fatty
acids (NMIFAs), including pinolenic acid (PLA; all cis-5,-9,-12 18: 3) which typically …

Background Foods that enhance satiety can help consumers to resist environmental cues to
eat, and improve the nutritional quality of their diets. Viscosity generated by oat β-glucan …

Pine nuts contain pinolenic acid (PNLA), which represents 14–19% of fatty acids present.
Here we review research on pine nut oil (PNO) and PNLA from studies performed in vitro, in …

Despite high energy content, nut consumption has not been associated with weight gain in
epidemiological and clinical investigations. Since a satiety effect a decreased sense of …

Nut consumption is associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The
aim of the present study was to assess the effects of adding peanuts (whole or peanut butter) …