"Eating walnuts may reduce the risk for Type  diabetes in women a large new study concludes. Previous studies have suggested an inverse relationship between tree nut consumption and diabetes. Though the findings are correlational walnuts are uniquely high in omega and omega fatty acids which may be of particular value in Type  diabetes prevention. The scientists writing in the April issue of The Journal of Nutrition httpsjn.nutrition.orgcontent.full.pdfhtml used dietary and health data on  women participating in a large continuing study of womens health. Beginning in  they collected data on walnut consumption and followed the women for the next  years. They found  cases of Type  diabetes. Women who ate walnuts tended to weigh less consume more fish and exercise more than those who did not. But researchers controlled for these and many other factors and found that compared with women who ate no walnuts those who consumed  ounces of walnuts or more a month reduced their risk for Type  diabetes by  percent. Theres been a lot of research on nuts in general in relation to cardiovascular health said the senior author Dr. Frank B. Hu a professor of medicine at Harvard. This is the first on walnuts and diabetes. Walnuts may have some unique benefits. The study was supported with grants from the National Institutes of Health and the California Walnut Commission."