Trial reportNutrients2016
Effects of Walnut Consumption on Mood in Young Adults-A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Walnut consumption and health outcomes with public health relevance-a systematic review of cohort studies and randomized controlled trials published from 2017 to present.Nutrition reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Walnut intake, cognitive outcomes and risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Polyphenols in a Mediterranean Diet on Symptoms of Depression: A Systematic Literature Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of Mixed Nut Consumption on Blood Glucose, Insulin, Satiety, and the Microbiome in a Healthy Population: A Pilot Study.Journal of medicinal food · 2023Trial
- Mixed Tree Nuts, Cognition, and Gut Microbiota: A 4-Week, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Crossover Trial in Healthy Nonelderly Adults.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Trial
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- Effect of a 12-Week Almond-Enriched Diet on Biomarkers of Cognitive Performance, Mood, and Cardiometabolic Health in Older Overweight Adults.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Nuts4Brain-RCT: Protocol for a Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Dose-Response Effects of Nut Consumption on Mental Health in Young Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Polyphenols: A top-down approach to nutrition and depression.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Impact of walnut consumption on glycemic control and anthropometric indices: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Review
- Computational identification of PDL1 inhibitors and their cytotoxic effects with silver and gold nanoparticles.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Neuroprotective effects of walnutIranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2024Review
- Serum Vitamin Levels, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, and Their Association with Depression in Korean Women: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Nationally Representative Sample.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Walnut Flour as an Ingredient for Producing Low-Carbohydrate Bread: Physicochemical, Sensory, and Spectroscopic Characteristics.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Influence of Food Type on Human Psychological-Behavioral Responses and Crime Reduction.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Dietary Habits and Psychological States during COVID-19 Home Isolation in Italian College Students: The Role of Physical Exercise.Nutrients · 2020Observational
- Food and Mood: the Corresponsive Effect.Current nutrition reports · 2020Review
- Negative Mood States Are Related to the Characteristics of Facial Expression Drawing: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Walnuts contain a number of potentially neuroprotective compounds like vitamin E, folate, melatonin, several antioxidative polyphenols and significant amounts of ω-3 fatty acids. The present study sought to determine the effect of walnuts on mood in healthy volunteers. Sixty-four college students were randomly assigned to two treatment sequences in a crossover fashion: walnut-placebo or placebo-walnut. At baseline mood was assessed using Profiles of Mood States (POMS). Data was collected again after eight weeks of intervention. After six-weeks of washout, the intervention groups followed the diets in reverse order. Data was collected once more at the end of the eight-week intervention period. No significant changes in mood were observed in the analyses with both genders combined and in females. However, we have observed a significant medium effect size improvement in the Total Mood Disturbance score (-27.49%,
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