Guest guest Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 Thanks Francesca -- That article on Walnuts was good! ---------------- FDA to Allow Claim of Health Benefits for Walnuts. Note that *CALORIES* is specifically mentioned in the claim that the FDA allowed, which is a giant step forward to recognize that: LIMITING CALORIC INTAKE IS IMPORTANT TO HEALTH ****** The FDA says it's so ******* The new label approved for whole and chopped walnuts will read: " Supportive but not conclusive research shows that eating 1.5 oz. of walnuts per day, as part of a low saturated fat and low cholesterol diet, and not resulting in increased caloric intake, may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. " The FDA acted on a petition from the California Walnut Commission, which had proposed a label that would have read, " Diets including walnuts can reduce the risk of heart disease. " They based their petition on studies showing that eating walnuts could help reduce the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or " bad " cholesterol, in the blood. Although the FDA will allow the qualified health claim, it told the Walnut Commission in its approval letter: " After reviewing the scientific evidence in your petition, FDA concludes that there is very limited and preliminary scientific evidence supporting the relationship between consumption of walnuts " and reducing coronary heart disease. ======================== On 02 Apr 2004, Francesca wrote: > similar health claims for other nuts are being reviewed........ > ... > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40651-2004Mar31.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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