When combined with a diet low in saturated fats, eating walnuts may help lower blood pressure in people at risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a new Penn State study.
Lowering the risk for heart disease with healthy foods and recommended dietary patterns, monitoring fetal growth in pregnant women, and analyzing the impact of concussions in athletes are just some of the major health questions investigators analyze through studies at the Penn State Clinical Research Center.
A diet rich in walnuts and walnut oil may prepare the body to deal better with stress, according to a team of Penn State researchers who looked at how these foods, which contain polyunsaturated fats, influence blood pressure at rest and under stress.
Will the type of fat you eat today predict your risk of osteoporosis in the future? Using borage oil and shortening, Sarah Gress (biology) set out to answer this question. Borage oil, extracted from a blue star-shaped flower, is believed to have a positive effect on the aging body. High in gamma linolenic acid, an essential fatty acid, it is thought to improve the health of bones. In the femoral neck, the typical location of hip fractures in elderly women, Gress found, borage oil did have a protective effect, as compared to shortening.
