Eating walnuts could benefit adolescents' cognitive development, contribute to psychological maturation (ADHD “Improved significantly”)

Medical Xpress / Barcelona Institute for Global Health / eClinicalMedicine ^ | April 18, 2023 | Ariadna Pinar-Martí et al

[ConservativeMind]

A cheap food appears to help kids’ brains, based on how much eaten over time.

[ConservativeMind]

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[Dogbert41]

Why did God make walnuts look like brains?

[noiseman]

”…contribute to psychological maturation.”

Sounds like we need B-52s to carpet bomb the blue states with walnuts.

[logi_cal869]

Oh, COME ON!

Did the paper you linked suggest how many POUNDS of walnuts kids would have to eat to garner any significant benefit from ALA (’could’ being key word)???

[ConservativeMind]

“30 grams”

[Delta 21]

I think you’re nuts.

[Jonty30]

At least we know why walnuts are shaped like a brain.

[lee martell]

Let me guess; the walnuts must be eaten raw and w/o salt in order to obtain that cognitive development benefit.
Correct? I can deal with raw nuts sometimes, but I usually need a little spritz of salt to keep me interested.

[logi_cal869]

That makes the paper as fanciful as the labels on chia seed drinks claiming (falsely) the content of omega 3 in mg.

Fact: The most a human will benefit from omega 3 in walnuts is about 1/4 gram per ounce (roughly 28 grams).

Parents are FAR better off feeding their kids FISH, but I’m sure that’s not the result desired from the grant source funding this so-called ‘research’.

[ConservativeMind]

The benefit was taking it at least 100 days.

The benefit could also be from other components in walnuts, which are noted for antioxidants.

[logi_cal869]

That's not cited in the article. Additionally, to get the same benefit from a child sized portion of salmon (3oz), a kid would have to chow down almost 1/2 pound of nuts.

But the key passage is the following:

Thus, this study demonstrates that following a healthy diet is as important as maintaining these habits over time and not abandoning them for adolescents to develop correctly on a cognitive and psychological level.

I've argued ad nauseam that avoiding harmful foods is more important than supplementing with beneficial foods.

The problem is that orthodoxy is as stubborn & biased as bureaucracy (as is confirmation bias).

[faithhopecharity]

Squirrels smart little rodents.

[grame]

Stir the walnuts in a beaten egg white. The sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and bake on low temp until dry.

[tired&retired]

Gives new meaning to “You are what you eat.”

A NUT.

[Does so]

“I usually need a little spritz of salt to keep me interested.”

I buy unsalted nuts, spritz with a little olive oil for adhesion of granules and add “No Salt” (potassium chloride).

Five dollars for 11 ounces, and a little goes a long way.

[maddog55]

I’m one of these folks that believe ADHD is normal behavior for kids that aren’t stimulated enough by educational system. Rather than provide that stimulation needed it’s easier to drug the kids.

[maddog55]

I eat raw nuts once in awhile and found beer to be helpful.

[ReformedBeckite]

Basically Kids that live in the rural areas and country areas are more healthier because well they were made to do things like keep busy picking up things like Walnuts off the ground, picking the Walnuts of their healthy meats and eating healthy foods their mom made which might have walnuts in them.
City kids well who knows what they do but probably most of what they do isn’t probably not very healthy.

[Does so]

“Five dollars for 11 ounces, and a little goes a long way”.

I just stumbled on another low/no salt. Brand is “NuSalt”.