{"id":440218,"date":"2026-09-18T18:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440218\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:14:19","slug":"texas-tech-study-examines-pecans-and-brain-health-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440218\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech study examines pecans and brain health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Texas Tech researchers are studying whether a daily snack of pecans could benefit brain health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Pecans are rich in antioxidants and fiber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dr. Leslie Shen, Ph.D., professor of pathology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, is leading the study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cFood is medicine so in this study we are looking at how the pecans can improve or affect the brain health,\u201d Shen said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Study details<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Shen and her team want to know if pecans can improve memory, mood and overall brain function in people already showing early signs of cognitive impairment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The study is looking for 60 people who are at least 50 years old. Each participant will be randomly assigned either pecans or pretzels as a regular snack for three months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Researchers at TTUHSC will look at how the two snacks influence gut bacteria, inflammation and other signals that connect the gut and the brain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">How to join<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">People interested in joining the pecan study at Texas Tech can contact the Clinical Research Institute at the university by phone at 806-543-8994 or by email at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2026\/09\/18\/texas-tech-study-examines-pecans-brain-health\/mailto:ClinicalResearch@ttuhsc.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2026\/09\/18\/texas-tech-study-examines-pecans-brain-health\/mailto:ClinicalResearch@ttuhsc.edu\" target=\"_blank\">ClinicalResearch@ttuhsc.edu<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Texas Tech researchers are studying whether a daily snack of pecans could benefit brain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-440218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}