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Nuts and
nut butters — while most almond, cashew, walnut and
other nut based trail mixes or
nut butters tend to be much healthier
than the average peanut butter, they are also very high in heated oils (which produce cell - damaging free radicals) and
inflammatory omega - 6 fatty acids — which can tend to dump inflammation on an already stressed athlete's body when overused to the extent most people implement such sources (by the handful and heaping spoonful).
Although this shows a correlation between
nut consumption and reduced
inflammatory markers rather
than causation, the results held even when they controlled for
other factors that might impact inflammation such as age, gender, and
other lifestyle habits.