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FDA Guidance: Coconut Not a Tree Nut

The final version of an allergen guidance does not consider coconut to be a serious food allergen.

January 20, 2025

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

FDA's latest report provides clarity for manufacturers on tree nuts, and lifts a "major burden" for the coconut industry.

9 Top Plant-Based Sources of Omegas

September 24, 2020

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

It’s a plant-based world—at least that’s what consumers are showing us. New data from SPINS commissioned by Good Food Institute and the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) found that total plant-based retail sales reached $5 billion and grew 11% in 2019 (1). An important, health-promoting part of those sales belongs...

Walnuts May Slow Cognitive Decline

January 30, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Loma Linda, CA, and Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain—Walnut consumption may help slow cognitive decline in at-risk groups of the elderly population, according to a study conducted by researchers in California and Spain. The researchers, led by Joan Sabaté, MD, DrPH, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Loma Linda University School of...

Study Associates Walnuts with Gut Health

January 17, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Pennsylvania—Walnuts may promote a healthy gut microbiome—and, according to researchers at Penn State, that good-for-you bacteria could be what makes walnuts so heart-healthy. Researchers studied 42 overweight or obese patients between the ages of 30 and 65. Before the study began, participants were placed on an average American diet for...

Study Explores Heart-Healthy Benefits of Walnuts

May 2, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Pennsylvania—Walnuts can help lower blood pressure in people at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD)—but not just through their fatty acid content, according to a new study from Penn State. Participants were split into three diet groups, all of which had a lower saturated fat content than the average American diet,...

Study: Walnuts May Lower Risk of Depression

February 25, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Folsom, CA—A new epidemiological study suggests that consuming walnuts may be associated with a lower prevalence and frequency of depression symptoms among American adults, according to a press release from the California Walnut Commission. The press release says that after evaluating study participants for depression, researchers found that depression scores...