Daily walnut consumption was linked to an increase in beneficial gut microbes and improvements of cardiovascular risk factors, including reducing blood pressure, total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.

Mice on a high-soybean oil diet had pronounced negative effects on the hypothalamus. Soybean oil led to 100 genes not functioning properly, including a gene that produces oxytocin.

Women showed signs of blood pressure elevation much earlier than men, meaning women with high blood pressure would be at higher risk of developing heart disease earlier than men.

Maintaining 5 healthy habits at age 50 (eating healthy, regular exercise, healthy body weight, not smoking, and not too much alcohol) can increase years of healthy life by almost a decade.