Nuts, Serotonin Metabolites and Metabolic Syndrome

  Nuts are shown to be able to increase the level of serotonin metabolites in patients with metabolic syndromes, who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease. The nuts used in the related research are walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts. The research showed that "Patients given the nut-rich diet produced a higher level of metabolites derived from the metabolism of tryptophan and serotonin, fatty acids and polyphenols". It is interesting in the sense that "In food and dietary studies, the focus is always prevention. If we look specifically at this new research, we are not talking about a particular drug or introducing dietary supplements but simply replacing once source of fats with another, in this case nuts".
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