Markers of Cardiovascular Risk in Postmenopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes Are Improved by the Daily Consumption of Almonds or Sunflower Kernels: A Feeding Study
Table 1
Mean daily nutrient composition during almond and sunflower kernel diets from the 4-day diet record.
Almond diet
Sunflower kernel diet
Difference (95% CI)
value
Energy kJ
6468 (849)
6431 (885)
37 (−178, 252)
0.735
Protein g
66.1 (10.3)
67.2 (10.3)
−1.1 (−3.6, 1.5)
0.403
% total energy
17.4 (2.7)
17.8 (2.7)
Total fat g
53.0 (14.8)
52.9 (14.9)
0.1 (−3.6, 3.7)
0.973
% total energy
30.3 (8.4)
30.4 (8.5)
Saturated g
14 (5.2)
13.5 (5.3)
0.5 (−0.8, 1.8)
0.460
% total energy
8.0 (2.9)
7.8 (3.0)
Monounsaturated g
26.3 (10.4)
15.5 (10.5)
10.8 (8.2, 13.4)
<0.001
% total energy
15 (5.9)
8.9 (6.0)
Polyunsaturated g
11.0 (11.2)
21.8 (11.4)
−10.9 (−13.7, −8.1)
<0.001
% total energy
6.3 (6.4)
12.5 (6.5)
Carbohydrate g
207.0 (32.1)
205.5 (32.5)
1.5 (−6.5, 9.5)
0.713
% total energy
51.2 (7.9)
51.1 (8.0)
Total available sugar g
72.8 (14.9)
72.7 (14.8)
0.2 (−3.5, 3.9)
0.929
% total energy
18.1 (3.6)
18.1 (3.6)
Cholesterol mg
135.0 (104.8)
134.8 (105.1)
0.2 (−25.9, 26.2)
0.989
Dietary fibre g
33.8 (6.3)
32.0 (6.3)
1.8 (0.2, 3.3)
0.028
Vitamin E mg
16.2 (2.1)
20.1 (2.0)
−3.8 (−4.3, −3.3)
<0.001
All values are mean (SD); values are for the difference between AD and SKD.
