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Nowadays nuts fit within all of the currently recommended healthy dietary patterns. Due to their relative protein density, nuts are positioned within the protein foods groups, however their protein composition...

This study was recently published in the journal Nutrition Reviews by a group of researchers from the Rovira i Virgili University in Spain.

A recent INC-funded study, published in the journal Communications Biology[1], showed that some nuts such as walnuts and hazelnuts may help improve the metabolic profile of fat cells. The study...

The International Nut and Dried Fruit Council (INC) has just launched its Annual Call for Research Projects (€300,000) to fund clinical, epidemiological, basic and/or strategic research that may contribute to...

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, affecting approximately 17.9 million people in 2016[1].

A recent study, partially supported by the INC and published in the journal Nutrients, observed a significant increase in the erectile function during the nut intervention.

This study was recently published in the Journal of Medicinal Food with the main objective to investigate the effects of prune consumption in bone health, particularly, in bone resorption and...

A recent study, partially supported by the INC and published in the journal Nutrients[1], observed a significant increase in erectile function after the consumption of 60 g/day of nuts. Lifestyle...

Today’s Dietitian hosted the 6th Annual Spring Symposium at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, on May 19-22, 2019. This continuing education and networking event for dietitians and...

This year, the Scientific Seminar invited an expert on allergy as a guest speaker: Dr. Vicki McWilliam, Clinical Allergy Dietitian and Researcher at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s...

At the conference, titled “Nuts as part of a healthy diet: evidence and insights from research”, Prof. Linda Tapsell, Senior Professor of School of Medicine of the University of Wollongong,...

A study, recently published in the European Journal of Epidemiology, analyzed the association of maternal nut intake (walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pine nuts and hazelnuts) during pregnancy with child neuropsychological outcomes...