Effect of pistachio diet on lipid parameters, endothelial function, inflammation, and oxidative status: a prospective study.
Sari I, Baltaci Y, Bagci C, et al.
Nutrition. 2010;26(4):399-404.
Aimed to investigate the effect of the Antep pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) on blood glucose, lipid parameters, endothelial function, inflammation, and oxidation in healthy young men living in a controlled environment. A Mediterranean diet was administered to normolipidemic 32 healthy young men for 4 weeks.
Demonstrated that a pistachio diet improved blood glucose levels, endothelial function, and some indices of inflammation and oxidative status in healthy young men. These findings are in accordance with the idea that nuts, in particular pistachio nuts, have favorable effects beyond lipid lowering that deserve to be evaluated with prospective follow-up studies.