The nuts help raise levels of magnesium and alpha tocopherol, or vitamin E, two nutrients that help protect against a range of age-related health problems such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Eating a handful of the nuts every day for four months raises levels of both nutrients, say researchers from Oregon State University, who monitored 32 older adults – aged 55 and older – for four months.
As well as raising levels of the two nutrients, the hazelnuts also lowered levels of glucose, or blood-sugar, and LDL lipoproteins, often described as the ‘bad’ cholesterol.
Many people in the US are deficient in both nutrients, partly because they “don’t like taking multivitamins, but hazelnuts represent a multivitamin in natural form,” said Maret Traber, one of the researchers.
Hazelnuts are also a source of healthy fats, copper and B6.
(Source: Journal of Nutrition, 2018; 148: 1924)
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