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Trial reportNutrients2023

Effect of Walnut Supplementation on Dietary Polyphenol Intake and Urinary Polyphenol Excretion in the Walnuts and Healthy Aging Study.

Rita I Amen, Rawiwan Sirirat, Keiji Oda, Sujatha Rajaram, Ifeanyi Nwachukwu, Montserrat Cofan, Emilio Ros, Joan Sabate, Ella H Haddad

Registry-linked trialFull text readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01634841 (Effect of Daily Ingestion of Walnuts for 2 Years on Age-related Cognitive Decline and Macular Degeneration in Healthy Elderly Subjects), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01634841 nacompletednot on this map

Effect of Daily Ingestion of Walnuts for 2 Years on Age-related Cognitive Decline and Macular Degeneration in Healthy Elderly Subjects: A Randomized, Single Blind, Dual Center, Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorLoma Linda UniversityRan2012 to 2016Enrolled708ConditionsAge Related Cognitive Decline, Age Related Macular DegenerationArmsWalnuts, habitual diet
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Clarifying healthy aging: building a common language for policy innovation within the Age-It Research Program.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Rita I AmenCenter for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
Rawiwan SiriratCenter for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
Keiji OdaCenter for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7631-6085
Sujatha RajaramCenter for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
Ifeanyi NwachukwuCenter for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8279-2392
Montserrat CofanLipid Clinic, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1895-5644
Emilio RosLipid Clinic, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2573-1294
Joan SabateCenter for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9063-9785
Ella H HaddadCenter for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9137-8433

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among all tree nuts, walnuts contain the highest total polyphenols by weight. This secondary data analysis examined the effect of daily walnut supplementation on the total dietary polyphenols and subclasses and the urinary excretion of total polyphenols in a free-living elderly population. In this 2-year prospective, randomized intervention trial (ID NCT01634841), the dietary polyphenol intake of participants who added walnuts daily to their diets at 15% of daily energy were compared to those in the control group that consumed a walnut-free diet. Dietary polyphenols and subclasses were estimated from 24 h dietary recalls. Phenolic estimates were derived from Phenol-Explorer database version 3.6. Participants in the walnut group compared to the control group had a higher intake of total polyphenols, flavonoids, flavanols, and phenolic acids in mg/d (IQR): 2480 (1955, 3145) vs. 1897 (1369, 2496); 56 (42,84) vs. 29 (15, 54); 174 (90, 298) vs. 140 (61, 277); and 368 (246, 569) vs. 242 (89, 398), respectively. There was a significant inverse association between dietary flavonoid intake and urine polyphenol excretion; less urinary excretion may imply that some of the polyphenols were eliminated via the gut. Nuts had a significant contribution to the total polyphenols in the diet, suggesting that a single food like walnuts added to habitual diet can increase the polyphenol intake in a Western population.

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Healthy AgingJuglansAgedDietDietary SupplementsFlavonoidsHumansNutsPhenolsPolyphenolsProspective StudiesFlavonoidsPhenolsPolyphenolsdietary bioactive componentspolyphenolswalnuts

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PMID36904251
PMCPMC10005107

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