April 21/Loma Linda, Calif./UPI -- A handful of pecans each day may boost antioxidant levels in the body and help protect the heart, California researchers suggest.
Dr. Ella Haddad, associate professor at the School of Public Health at Loma Linda University in California, says pecans contain different forms of the antioxidant vitamin E, known as tocopherols, and the nuts are especially rich in one form of vitamin E called gamma-tocopherols.