5. Conclusions
age-related chronic diseases
CVD, DISEASE
A single food such as walnuts eaten daily can increase dietary polyphenol intake. This is important as we now know that polyphenols have significant health benefits, being powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant phytochemicals. To reduce the risk for age-related chronic diseases, it may be prudent to include nuts such as walnuts as part of the usual diet to not only benefit from the unsaturated fatty acids and other nutrients that have CVD and neuroprotective effects, but also increase the polyphenol intake, which can synergistically influence the disease risk in a favorable manner.