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1 Plant sterols. 2  Some nuts contain plant sterols, a substance that can help lower your cholesterol. 3  Plant sterols are often added to products like margarine and orange juice for additional health benefits, but sterols occur naturally in nuts.4  L-arginine.ating nuts helps your heart. Discover how walnuts, almonds and other nuts help lower your cholesterol when eaten as part of a balanced diet. Heart-Healthy Living Subscribe to our Heart-Healthy Living e-newsletter to stay up to date on heart-health topics.
April 24, 2000 -- Add the macadamia to the growing list of healthy nuts. A study from the University of Hawaii shows that a diet containing the high-fat nuts can actually improve cholesterol levels.The conventional wisdom still is that macadamia nuts are so good that they must be bad for you, says Curb.This study indicates that its preconception is not true and that macadamia nuts can actually be part of a healthy diet, lead researcher J. David Curb, tells WebMD.he second diet was similar but with the fat calories derived from macadamia nuts. The third was the American Heart Association's prudent diet, with 30% of the calories from fat. In the study, 15 men and 15 women, 18-59 years old, ate each of the three diets for four weeks.