Walnut proves beneficial for Alzheimer’s patients

walnutsA new study found that walnuts are beneficial for Alzheimer's patients because it might reduce Alzheimer or can delay the process of Alzheimer.

As per reports submitted by a group of scientists headed by Abha Chauhan, walnuts have some properties to reduce the risk, or delaying the process of Alzheimer disease.

Researchers have conducted an experiment on mice suffering with Alzheimer's disease. Scientists have divided the mice in to two groups, one group was given walnuts and other group remains deprived of walnuts.

After few days, they observed the group of mice that were given walnuts show tremendous improvement in their mental skills whereas the other group of mice that were not given walnuts show loss in learning, memory and physical and emotional control.

Professor Clive Ballard, of the Alzheimer's Society, said that although the research was carried on mice and it is not certain that it will show the same results in human beings also  but he make sure that walnut contain high doses of antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acids.