An interdisciplinary collaborative study published in MDPI suggests that the daily consumption of pecans may help to prevent obesity as well as reduce inflammation that leads to associated health issues such as diabetes and fatty liver disease.
“Obesity and diabetes numbers are increasing in modern society worldwide, and the trend in high-fat diet consumption is one of the main reasons besides lifestyle and genetic predisposition,” said Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, Ph.D., the principal investigator for the study, professor of horticulture and food science in the Department of Horticultural Sciences in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and affiliate scientist in the Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture. “People are searching for healthier options, and we have now shown pecans are a healthy tool consumers have in their hands.”
