Nut consumption causes changes in sperm DNA function

(Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Researchers have evaluated for the first time the effect of a short/middle-term consumption of a mixture of tree nuts (almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts) on sperm DNA methylation patterns in healthy individuals reporting eating a Western-style diet. They have observed that the methylation of 36 genomic regions was significantly different between baseline and the end of the trial only in the group that consumed nuts, and 97.2% of the regions displayed hypermethylation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news