WOW to Walnuts

Courtesy of the Whole food Farmacy Newsletter
"Walnuts are an excellent source of omega-3 essential fatty acids, a special type of protective fat the body cannot manufacture. A quarter-cup of walnuts provides over 90% of the daily value for these essential fatty acids that promote better cognitive function in the brain.

In the April - May 1996 issue of Physiology & Behavior, Laura J. Stevens, of the Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, and co-investigators reported that boys with lower levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood showed more problems with behavior, learning, and health than those with higher levels of total omega-3 fatty acids. Also, in 1996, researchers from the Department of Psychiatry, Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey, reported that levels of free fatty acids as well as zinc were several fold lower in ADHD children compared to non-ADHD children.

In addition to being a wonderful "brain food", walnuts offer many other potential health benefits ranging from cardiovascular protection, to anti-inflammatory benefits helpful in asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis. In addition, walnuts contain an antioxidant compound called ellagic acid that supports the immune system and appears to have several anticancer properties.

Many foods from The Wholefood Farmacy are rich in walnuts, the most popular being Organic Phi Plus. We call Phi Plus “the healthiest food in the world” because it is handcrafted from over 3 dozen pure whole food ingredients – there’s no other food like it in the world!"