Carrolltown Holiday Stress? Eat Walnuts!
Stressed out over the holidays? Eat walnuts! Walnuts are a holiday type of nut. They come in all varieties of flavors and in all sorts of holiday treats. (And if they are not in your family recipe, put them in them this year!) Research links the gut and the brain, so it seems logical that if the brain is stressed, the gut is, too. Researchers now watch the effects of calming the gut and the stomach to calm the brain. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation tempts our Carrolltown stressed-out patients, families, and friends to try eating some walnuts (unless there is an allergy!) to find their calm! The Carrolltown chiropractic care plan embraces all sorts of good info like this!
THE GUT BRAIN AXIS AND STRESS
A new study based on earlier studies that connected the brain, the gut and the gut microbiota and the beneficial effect of eating walnuts on mental health experimented with stressed out college students. Academic stress was associated with poorer mental health in college students, with their choices of foods, their worse gut microbiota, and their moods. More females than males took part, but researchers recorded that walnut consumption improved these metabolic and stress markers. Researchers concluded that eating walnuts may well protect against academic stress. (1) Let’s see how well it works on holiday stress!
BENEFITS OF WALNUTS ON OTHER HEALTH ISSUES
Holiday parties and events affect normal eating patterns for many of us, making changes in our blood tests and other issues. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation knows! An analysis of published research on walnut consumption since 2017 documented that eating walnuts improved lipid profiles and decreased cardiovascular disease risk. Further, more and more studies are being published on other benefits like improved cognitive health, inflammation reduction, glucose level regulation, body weight decrease, etc. (2) It’s a good thing walnuts appear in many holiday goodies!
WALNUTS AND COGNITION
Other research has reported on the influence of oxidative stress and neuroinflammation on aging, mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s another brain disorders, all issues that progress over a long period of time. Consuming walnuts for a long-time may delay or slow their onset owing to walnuts’ protective role against inflammation and oxidative stress. (3) There is an actual study called the Walnuts and Health Aging study based on prior studies’ documenting that walnut consumption thwarted oxidative stress and inflammation, recognized contributors to cognitive decline. An fMRI study of participants after 2 years’ consumption found that the trial did not appear to affect healthy elders but suggested a delay in those who were at higher risk of cognitive decline. (4) A delay in cognitive decline is a good outcome!
ADD SOME WALNUTS TO YOUR CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH PLAN
Let the researchers continue their research while we do our own! Try the theory yourself. Enjoy a few walnuts this Carrolltown holiday season. Plain. Candied. Spicy. Cinnamon coated. Choose your favorite! Like they say: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation might suggest “A walnut a holi-day may well calm you and keep you a bit healthier and a bit jollier!” Happy holidays!
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Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment today. Bring us your holiday stress…and your favorite tasty walnut treat!
