Eating almonds helps people maintain a healthy gut and may reduce constipation, a study suggests.
Researchers at King’s College London studied 87 healthy adults who normally ate chips and chocolate and didn’t eat enough fiber.
They were divided into three groups and followed a new snack pattern for four weeks. The first group ate 56g of whole almonds each day, another had the equivalent in ground almonds, and the control group had the same number of calories in muffins.
The research team found that, compared to the bagel group, eating walnuts “significantly increased” people’s levels of butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid that provides the perfect conditions for gut microbes and strengthens the lining of the intestine. .
People who ate whole almonds
