Almonds and inflammation markers in adults
What it found
In adults, eating almonds lowered one inflammation marker, interleukin-6, but made no clear difference to another, C-reactive protein.
What they found
Studies in people
Interleukin-6 lowered
Almond consumption significantly decreased serum interleukin-6 levels in adults.
CRP not clearly changed
Almond consumption had no significant effect on serum C-reactive protein levels.
What the authors conclude
“The overall results support the beneficial effects of almond consumption on serum concentration of IL-6; but even so, our study revealed that the almond consumption non-significantly reduced serum concentration of CRP.”
Also in their conclusions
- They say the overall results support the beneficial effects of almond consumption on serum concentration of IL-6.
- They note that almond consumption non-significantly reduced serum concentration of CRP.
- They advise that more well-designed trials are still needed to confirm the beneficial effects of almond.
How it was done
Earlier articles suggested almonds might lower levels of inflammation markers in the blood, so the authors looked at the evidence on two of them.
They searched for English-language studies up to August 2022 and combined the results of eleven studies in adults.
What it can’t tell you
- We summarised it from the abstract only.
- This review combines studies that measured these markers at different times and in different groups of adults.
- It cannot show whether eating almonds changes the risk of any health condition.
Who paid
- Conflicts
- Conflict of interest None.
- Authors work at
- Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
The paper
- Title
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of almond effect on C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 in adults
- Type
- Systematic review and meta-analysisThe authors follow a set, published method to find every relevant study, then combine the numbers from them into one result.
- Evidence
- Studies in people
- Summarised from
- Abstract only
- Cite
- Hariri M, Amirkalali B, Baradaran HR, Gholami A (2023). A systematic review and meta-analysis of almond effect on C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 in adults. Complementary therapies in medicine. doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102911PubMed 36535459DOI
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