Walnut Consumption Is Shown to Protect Cognitive Health

Carol Sloan is the Health Research Director of the California Walnut Board and Commission.

Now think about a handful of walnuts a day. There's so much in them!

“Greater walnut consumption is associated with participant characteristics that are known to be associated with better cognitive health, as well as nutrients, including Omega-3 fatty acids, which are unique to walnuts. And they helps with the neuro-protective effect or benefit,” Sloan said.

“So it's really showing that as people age, if they're already eating walnuts, they will have good cognitive function. And as they continue to age, and other studies that are showing that it may prevent the onset of cognitive decline,” noted Sloan. “So again, if you bundle this with the other studies that the industry has supported, I think it's very clear that eating walnuts can help you have a better quality of life and cognitive function, as we age,” she said.

In almond news, when post-harvest activities give you that extra time, be sure to make plans to mummy shake. Experts say it really should be part of that post-harvest protocol to make sure that navel orangeworm larvae inside those mummy nuts don't overwinter and cause problems next spring. So be sure to make time for the foundation of navel orangeworm control. Shake those mummies out of the trees and then destroy them.