Then after one month of returning to their original diets, those who first got the walnut smoothie then got five days of the non-walnut smoothie and vice versa. At the beginning of the study, the researchers measured each of the study subjects' brain activity using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine. Before and after each fMRI scan, study subjects completed visual analog scales (VAS) to measure how hungry or full they felt. First, after the walnut smoothie diet, study subjects reported feeling less hungry than after the non-walnut smoothie diet. This may be some serious Vulcan mind meld stuff: walnuts may help you control your appetite and thus help with managing your weight.

Source: Forbes August 19, 2017 17:48 UTC