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Now, out of all the nuts, walnuts have something called ALA.

That stands for alpha, lentilinic acid, which is a precursor to EPA and DHA, which are the omega-3 fatty acids.

But ALA itself has some unique benefits.

For your skin, it can actually help prevent scaly skin, dermatitis, hyperpigmentation of the skin,

where you have dark blotches through the skin.

It's also been known to prevent skin atrophy.

And of course, if it converts to the more powerful forms of omega-3, it can help a lot of things,

like your heart, inflammation, brain health, and the list goes on and on and on.

But you have to realize that only a percentage of ALA converts to EPA and DHA.

So to convert to EPA, it's roughly about between 10 to 21%, and then converting to DHA,

we're only getting between 5 to 9%.

Also, there's some interesting studies that show benefits for your cardiovascular system.

Yeah, 7 out of 8 of the studies showed benefits to the endothelial wall of the inside of your arteries.

Now, realize these studies were not on a lot of people.

So, you know, it's a correlation, but it's not proof that it can actually help your heart.

Also, it was shown that there was a shift from small particle size LDL to large particle size LDL.

And walnuts have folate, vitamin E, polyphenols, and they're low in lysine and high in arginine.

Now, arginine can help increase growth hormone.

It can help rid excess ammonia.

So, it's involved in the urea cycle.

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