http://www.nitrc.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7620 <table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td align="left"/><td align="right"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&amp;cmd=Link&amp;LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&amp;from_uid=28715141">Related Articles</a></td></tr></table> <p><b>Walnut consumption increases activation of the insula to highly desirable food cues: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over fMRI study.</b></p> <p>Diabetes Obes Metab. 2017 Jul 17;:</p> <p>Authors: Farr OM, Tuccinardi D, Upadhyay J, Oussaada SM, Mantzoros CS</p> <p>Abstract<br/> AIMS: The use of walnuts is recommended for obesity and type 2 diabetes, although the mechanisms through which walnuts may improve appetite and/or glycemic control remain largely unknown.<br/> MATERIALS AND METHODS: To determine whether short-term walnut consumption could alter the neural control of appetite using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we performed a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over trial of 10 patients who received, while living in the controlled environment of a clinical research center, either walnuts or placebo (using a validated smoothie delivery system) for 5 days each, separated by a wash-out period of one month.<br/> RESULTS: Walnut consumption decreased feelings of hunger and appetite assessed using visual analog scales and increased the activation of the right insula to highly desirable food cues.<br/> CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that walnut consumption may increase salience and cognitive control processing of highly desirable food cues, leading to the beneficial metabolic effects observed. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02673281.<br/> </p><p>PMID: 28715141 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]</p> en-us Copyright 2000-2026 NITRC OSI Mon, 04 May 2026 0:00:10 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NITRC RSS generator