Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * BMI 25.0-34.9 Kg/m2 * Western-style diet * Unhealthy snacks other than nuts (i.e. potato chips, crackers, corn puffs, pretzels, pastries, cookies, candies) \>1 serving/day Exclusion Criteria: * Regular smokers (≥ 10 cigarettes/day) * Diagnoses of type 2 diabetes * Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, liver disease, active inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, chronic pancreatitis or other disorder potentially causing malabsorption, cancer - active malignant cancer or history of malignancy within the last 5 years, psychiatric disorders * Use of anti-inflammatory or antioxidants drugs * Not stable medication in the last 3 months * Regular alcohol consumption above of the national recommendations or drug abuse * Frequent consumption of nuts * Allergy to the intervention products or other severe allergies and food intolerances * Dietary patterns interfering with the study protocol (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, low carbohydrate dieters, high fat dieters) two months prior inclusion, during the study or plans to initiate during the study * Daily use of multivitamin or mineral supplements * Bad dentures, implying difficulty to chew nut * Pregnancy or lactation, pregnancy within the past 12 month or plans to become pregnant during the study * Consumption of probiotics or prebiotics in the last 3 months and laxatives