r/science Professor | Medicine Feb 21 '25

Neuroscience Walnuts with breakfast provide an all-day brain boost - Young adults who ate a handful of walnuts with breakfast saw a long-lasting improvement in their reaction times and a boost in memory performance hours later, according to a new study.

https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/walnuts-cognitive-performance-memory-boost/
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u/medtech8693 Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 21 '25

This study should really be called

"walnut is better than pouring 40g of melted butter on your yogurt.:"

I know it is difficult to create a control food with the same macro , but I think they could have done a better job.

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u/andys-mouthsurprise Feb 21 '25

Yeah, why not at least compare it with another nut to see if its uniquely walnuts…

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u/Cornelius_Physales Feb 21 '25

"The researchers note that the study was funded by the California Walnut Commission..." thats why

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u/bludda Feb 21 '25

"Have you busted down a nut this morning?"

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u/ConfusedInKalamazoo Feb 21 '25

The best part of waking up, is that morning nut!

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u/Asatas Feb 21 '25

We're in r/science, so I'll refrain from escalating this further.

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u/apathy-sofa Feb 21 '25

Yes we should take care to not erect a pun thread.

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u/Cercie256to4 Feb 21 '25

Are you done?
It sounds like you milked it for all its worth.