It’s no secret that nuts have some pretty great health benefits, but we can now add one more to the list: They help improve brainwave function.

 

 

According to a recent study by researchers at Loma Linda University Health, regularly eating nuts can help with cognition, healing, learning, memory and other key brain activities.

But before you go out and buy a Costco-size bag of pecans, you should know that not all nuts are created equal — at least when it comes to their value to our brains. Researchers tested six varieties of nuts — almonds, cashews, peanuts, pecans, pistachios and walnuts — and found they all had high levels of antioxidants, with walnuts having the highest concentrations.

Pistachios — which are my personal favorite — produced the greatest gamma wave response of all the nuts tested, which is necessary for enhancing cognitive processing, information retention, learning, perception and rapid eye movement during sleep. (I’m totally using this as an excuse to splurge on this luxury nut next time I’m food shopping.

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