Can Walnuts Make Your Brain Younger?

Research findings on the benefits of nutrient dense foods affirm diet as a key to anti-aging

Walnuts have collected an impressive list of bonafide, scientifically-proven, health benefits. pixabay/CC0

If you care about aging gracefully, you will want to learn how to protect your telomeres. Like the plastic tip on the ends of your shoelaces, telomeres keep DNA strands from unraveling—and eating walnuts is a great way to keep telomeres laced uptight.

Science has established that diet plays a role in the length and integrity of telomeres,^[i] affecting their vital role in protecting the DNA information inside the nucleus of a cell.^[ii]