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The Port of Oakland announced a 7.7 percent year-on-year volume increase in June, handling 181,356 TEUs (twenty-foot containers). The increase was driven by solid rising imports and exports, with loaded container cargo growing 10.3 percent year over year.
“The June performance marks another month of strength in loaded cargo, underscoring continued demand through Northern California’s international trade gateway,” explained the port authority in a press release.
Full imports reached 78,114 TEUs in June, up 11 percent year over year, while full exports increased nine percent to 65,140 TEUs. Combined loaded container cargo totaled 143,254 TEUs, a 10 percent increase compared to June 2025, while empty container volume declined one percent to 38,102 TEUs.
“We’re encouraged by the continued strength in loaded cargo and remain focused on providing reliable, efficient service for our customers,” said Port of Oakland Acting Maritime Director Jason Garben.
Through the first six months of 2026, the port has handled 1,114,665 TEUs, sitting 2.5 percent below the same period last year.
The year-to-date decline reflects lower empty container repositioning, while loaded cargo increased 0.3 percent compared to the first half of 2025.
June’s gains were driven by increases in both loaded imports and loaded exports, reflecting continued activity among retailers, manufacturers and California agricultural exporters.
The port continues to work closely with shipping lines, terminal operators and supply chain partners to maintain efficient cargo flows and dependable service for customers.
California freestone shipments are forecast at 310,000 short tons for 2026, accounting for 65 percent of the state’s total peach output.
While the estimate is three percent below the bumper harvest of 2025, it remains 12 percent above the previous three-year average.
About three-quarters of California freestone peaches move directly to fresh-market retail outlets, with the remaining balance allocated to freezing and drying operations.
California peach producers are looking at a 10 percent yield reduction for the 2025/26 season, according to the latest Economic Research Service (ERS) Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The assessment places peach production at 480,000 short tons, with warmer-than-average spring temperatures accelerating orchard development across major Central Valley growing regions.
The overall crop drop points primarily to clingstone varieties, which are predominantly grown for industrial canning.
In July of last year, Del Monte Foods, one of two major peach canning processors in the state, filed for bankruptcy, canceling multi-year contracts with clingstone growers and selling its assets. However, the firm’s largest fruit canning plant in Modesto was not purchased and was subsequently closed in April 2026.
California garlic shipments have been ongoing now for about two months. Yields have been similar to last season, relates Global Farms Enterprises of Los Angeles.
The season got of with soft demand, with possible reasons being school is out, with summer vacations.
While the first half of the year saw garlic supply coming from Argentina, it has wound down production with the focus turning to Mexico in mid May. Mexico hasa lot of acreage but overall the yields haven’t been good They attributed that to the quality of the seed and the lack of cold snap when the garlic was first planted.
Global Farms sources garlic from every region including Mexicali and Sonora.
While there’s still a good supply of Chinese garlic, the shortage in Mexico was anticipated to impact the market significantly. However, Spain has emerged with very good yields.
Maersk has begun the roll-out of its next-generation IoT connectivity devices for its fleet of refrigerated containers (reefers). The aim is to install the new devices across all reefers in the Maersk fleet over the coming years.
“As real-time access and data availability grow increasingly vital for our cold chain customers, the deployment of our next-generation IoT devices will provide them with a more reliable data flow throughout the container journey,” says Bruce Marshall, Head of Reefer Cargo at Maersk.
Maersk is currently completing the roll-out of its new digital connectivity platform aboard 450 vessels, providing the foundation for future cargo tracking and management solutions.
“Our fleet’s new digital platform has created a foundation for the future. The next step is to replace all existing IoT devices across our reefer fleet with the latest generation of technology, and we have already begun this work. After years of operating with several generations of devices, this upgrade will standardize our devices and deliver a more consistent customer experience,” said Marshal
“Since 2019, Maersk has offered customers access to the visibility product Captain Peter, which enables them to monitor their cargo from the moment the goods are sealed in the container through to delivery at the final destination.”
“For reefer customers, confidence that data is always available is crucial. That experience will improve once our entire reefer fleet is fitted with the latest generation of connectivity devices. The upgrade will also provide the foundation to introduce new features that will further strengthen the customer offering in the future. We want to develop our current offering from being a visibility product into a tool that helps customers interpret data and provides recommended actions.”
Thanks to a spring frost, New York apple shipments are expected to be down a bit this season, but growers are saying the small loss in volume should be replaced with larger sized fruit.
Although no official forecast on volume has been released yet, in an average year New York produces about 29. million bushels of apples, with about 15 to 16 million bushels going to the fresh market.
Hudson Valley growers see lower yields due to spring weather, while western orchards are showing a slightly above-average-size crop, according to the New York Apple Association (NYAA).
Concerning the processing market, Wayne County is running slightly below average, the NYAA reports.
The Hudson Valley harvest gets underway in mid-August and should continue with later varieties into early November.
Two of Clubs Orchards, located in New York’s Lake Ontario region (Appleton, NY), estimates the fresh crop could finish about 15 percent smaller than last year on frost-induced damage. However, larger fruit that will help offset lower yields.
Two of Clubs Orchards reports farm operations in the area have experienced a relatively normal season despite above-average rainfall, which luckily did not prompt much disease pressure.
By Kenneth Cavallaro ALC Boston
While the technology of our modern world has many advantages for the trucking industry, it also carries a significant financial risk of stolen loads. There is a very real threat of not knowing who is behind a computer screen when attempting to book a load. Verisk CargoNet reported almost $725 million in stolen cargo in 2025 alone, an alarming 60% increase from 2024. Food and beverages were the top target. Combatting this criminal threat to protect both ourselves and our customers must be a priority.
Verifying dispatcher or driver names and contact information was previously enough. Now, the burden has increased as technology has advanced. While technology opens the possibility of scammers, thankfully, it also can be utilized for protection. VIN numbers can be tracked on platforms such as Highway to eliminate the possibility of a fraudulent dispatcher. Much like a fingerprint, the VIN contains specific details about a vehicle’s origin, make, model, engine type, and production year. This code plays a vital role in vehicle identification, enabling access to essential information crucial to ownership, safety, and compliance.
Brokers can also utilize services like Carrier411 to identify a carrier attempting to book more freight than they have capacity for by comparing the truck count against the number of active loads. A final layer of protection is to verify the carrier on FMCSA to ensure the carrier has an active USDOT status and safety metrics. Once a truck is confirmed to be legitimate and in transit, tracking apps offer additional protection. Apps such as MacroPoint, FourKites, and even our very own ALC Carrier app let the customer see where a driver is in real time. Having that information offers peace of mind until a load is safely delivered.
The American Transportation Research Institute believes cargo theft costs the industry more than $18 million per day. If the Senate passes the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA), our industry will benefit from a law-enforcement task force charged with pursuing these criminal rings. This would create a division within Homeland Security that could help our industry for the better. Until this becomes a reality, we must remain vigilant in verifying drivers and dispatchers to stop criminals and prevent costly cargo theft.
*****
Kenneth Cavallaro, Jr. is a Carrier Manager in the Boston office. He began his career at the Allen Lund Company in February of 2019. Kenneth has been in the transportation industry since May of 1999. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Salem State University.
kenneth.cavallaro@allenlund.com
The California pistachio harvest started early, with Nichols Farms getting underway August 11. Usually, the harvest in the state starts around late August or early September.
The Hansford, CA based company reports this year’s production volume is expected to be drastically lower compared to average. Total yields are predicted to be anywhere between 600 and 800 million pounds, down at least 50 percent from last year’s near record yield.
In 2025, growers in the state harvested a total of 1.6 billion pounds.
The decline is mostly due to early spring heat waves which caused the male pistachio trees’ pollen to become infertile. This has significantly impacted the number of female trees that were successfully pollinated to produce fruit.
According to the Administrative Committee for Pistachios, California produced a record 1.5 billion pounds of pistachios in 2023. The industry surpassed that figure in 2025 with a 1.6 billion-pound crop, a 484 per cent increase compared with 2015. During the same period, exports rose by 223 per cent between the 2014/15 and 2024/25 crop years.
Demand has continued to support the market. U.S. per capita availability increased from 0.23 pounds of shelled pistachios in the 2015/16 crop year to nearly 0.70 pounds today. Export shipments have also reached record levels in recent years. Demand has also been supported by the growing use of pistachios as an ingredient in products such as the Dubai chocolate, first introduced in 2022 and later followed by similar products from several international brands.
Pistachios are an alternate-bearing crop, and early hot weather has further reduced yield expectations, particularly in orchards south of Fresno County. Some growers estimate total production could range from 700 million to 900 million pounds, less than half the 2025 crop.
The report concludes that California pistachio production in 2026 is expected to fall below 2025 levels.
Sweet corn loadings continue in good volume from New Jersey.
Nardelli Brothers of Cedarville, NJ , is in the middle of its summer corn season. The grower, shipper, distributor started harvest in early July. The company has good volume and good supply in both bicolor yellow white as well as its wild Violet which is offered in tray packs.
The season started slightly early ahead in late June and it will continue until mid to late October. Following that, supply for the company will be sourced from Georgia.
The company operates its tray pack operations in its main facility in Cedarville.
In July Nardelli Brothers expanded its shipping areas to the Midwest and Northeast as growers in those regions were facing dry growing conditions resulting in less volume. The operation also ships to Southern states before their sweet corn seasons start.
As local sweet corn seasons get underway, the firm tends to limit more shipments to the tri-state area.
When the Jersey corn season winds down this fall, the company will source product from Georgia.
Strawberry and raspberry shipments are in peak volume with excellent quality across California’s Central Coast with Watsonville and Salinas leading production.
Plentiful volumes will be available in the coming weeks. Raspberry loadings in Oxnard and Watsonville is expected to steadily increase, supporting consistent volumes for the remainder of the season, shares shipper Gem-Pack Berries, LLC. of Irving, CA noting good availability and peak quality on strawberries from California’s Central Coast are also expected to continue as summer demand remains strong.
California is expected to harvest 43,726 acres of strawberries in 2026, a five percent increase over last year due to expanded fall plantings.
The 2026 California strawberry season has been determined by dramatic weather swings that have affected both production and prices.
Warm temperatures in February and March brought the harvest nearly three weeks earlier than usual, producing higher-than-average yields. March production reached 80 to 150 trays per acre, well above the five-year average of 30 to 70 trays. The increased supply pushed strawberry prices down to between $7 and $10 per tray during the early part of the season.
However, cooler temperatures and rain in April and May slowed production and damaged crops. Rain can cause strawberries to split, burst, and develop mold, reducing the amount of marketable fruit. As weekly volumes declined, prices rebounded to between $10 and $16 per tray, giving many growers an opportunity to recover from the earlier price drop.
A study published in the Journal of Nutrition found that daily almond consumption was associated with improvements in cognitive performance, metabolic health, and markers of inflammation and oxidative stress in middle-aged Asian Indian adults with prediabetes.
The 24-week randomized controlled trial, funded by the Almond Board of California, involved 60 adults aged 40 to 60 in New Delhi with prediabetes but no signs of cognitive decline. Participants followed either a control diet or a calorie-matched diet including 32 to 42 grams of almonds per day, equivalent to about 20% of daily calorie intake.
Researchers measured cognitive function, blood glucose, insulin, HbA1c, blood lipids, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and body composition at the beginning and end of the study.
Compared with the control group, participants consuming almonds showed improvements in executive function and processing speed. Measures of sustained attention, overall cognition, memory and working memory were not statistically significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons.
The almond group also recorded lower fasting and post-meal blood glucose levels, lower HbA1c, and reductions in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, BMI, body fat, body weight and waist circumference. Participants lost an average of 3.3 kilograms and reduced waist circumference by 3.1 centimetres during the study. Researchers also reported changes in markers linked to inflammation and oxidative stress, although biomarker-cognition correlations were not statistically significant after multiple-comparison adjustment.
Dr. Anoop Misra, co-investigator and Chairman of the Fortis-CDOC Center of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases, and Endocrinology in New Delhi, said: “Adults with prediabetes are vulnerable to a decline in cognitive function. Our study indicates that just one simple dietary change, adding a small quantity of almonds to the daily diet, may help support brain health and improve cognitive performance in some populations.”
He added: “As with our previous research, we found that diets enriched with almonds benefit metabolic health measures like blood sugar control and body weight. Together, these changes could help lower the risk of prediabetes progressing to type 2 diabetes, a condition associated with an increased risk of dementia.”
The researchers said the findings are limited by the study’s sample size, 24-week duration, and focus on middle-aged Asian Indian adults with prediabetes. They noted that further studies involving larger and more diverse populations are needed.
The Port of Oakland announced a 7.7 percent year-on-year volume increase in June, handling 181,356 TEUs (twenty-foot containers). The increase was driven by solid rising imports and exports, with loaded container cargo growing 10.3 percent year over year.
“The June performance marks another month of strength in loaded cargo, underscoring continued demand through Northern California’s international trade gateway,” explained the port authority in a press release.
Full imports reached 78,114 TEUs in June, up 11 percent year over year, while full exports increased nine percent to 65,140 TEUs. Combined loaded container cargo totaled 143,254 TEUs, a 10 percent increase compared to June 2025, while empty container volume declined one percent to 38,102 TEUs.
“We’re encouraged by the continued strength in loaded cargo and remain focused on providing reliable, efficient service for our customers,” said Port of Oakland Acting Maritime Director Jason Garben.
Through the first six months of 2026, the port has handled 1,114,665 TEUs, sitting 2.5 percent below the same period last year.
The year-to-date decline reflects lower empty container repositioning, while loaded cargo increased 0.3 percent compared to the first half of 2025.
June’s gains were driven by increases in both loaded imports and loaded exports, reflecting continued activity among retailers, manufacturers and California agricultural exporters.
The port continues to work closely with shipping lines, terminal operators and supply chain partners to maintain efficient cargo flows and dependable service for customers.
California freestone shipments are forecast at 310,000 short tons for 2026, accounting for 65 percent of the state’s total peach output.
While the estimate is three percent below the bumper harvest of 2025, it remains 12 percent above the previous three-year average.
About three-quarters of California freestone peaches move directly to fresh-market retail outlets, with the remaining balance allocated to freezing and drying operations.
California peach producers are looking at a 10 percent yield reduction for the 2025/26 season, according to the latest Economic Research Service (ERS) Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The assessment places peach production at 480,000 short tons, with warmer-than-average spring temperatures accelerating orchard development across major Central Valley growing regions.
The overall crop drop points primarily to clingstone varieties, which are predominantly grown for industrial canning.
In July of last year, Del Monte Foods, one of two major peach canning processors in the state, filed for bankruptcy, canceling multi-year contracts with clingstone growers and selling its assets. However, the firm’s largest fruit canning plant in Modesto was not purchased and was subsequently closed in April 2026.
California garlic shipments have been ongoing now for about two months. Yields have been similar to last season, relates Global Farms Enterprises of Los Angeles.
The season got of with soft demand, with possible reasons being school is out, with summer vacations.
While the first half of the year saw garlic supply coming from Argentina, it has wound down production with the focus turning to Mexico in mid May. Mexico hasa lot of acreage but overall the yields haven’t been good They attributed that to the quality of the seed and the lack of cold snap when the garlic was first planted.
Global Farms sources garlic from every region including Mexicali and Sonora.
While there’s still a good supply of Chinese garlic, the shortage in Mexico was anticipated to impact the market significantly. However, Spain has emerged with very good yields.
Maersk has begun the roll-out of its next-generation IoT connectivity devices for its fleet of refrigerated containers (reefers). The aim is to install the new devices across all reefers in the Maersk fleet over the coming years.
“As real-time access and data availability grow increasingly vital for our cold chain customers, the deployment of our next-generation IoT devices will provide them with a more reliable data flow throughout the container journey,” says Bruce Marshall, Head of Reefer Cargo at Maersk.
Maersk is currently completing the roll-out of its new digital connectivity platform aboard 450 vessels, providing the foundation for future cargo tracking and management solutions.
“Our fleet’s new digital platform has created a foundation for the future. The next step is to replace all existing IoT devices across our reefer fleet with the latest generation of technology, and we have already begun this work. After years of operating with several generations of devices, this upgrade will standardize our devices and deliver a more consistent customer experience,” said Marshal
“Since 2019, Maersk has offered customers access to the visibility product Captain Peter, which enables them to monitor their cargo from the moment the goods are sealed in the container through to delivery at the final destination.”
“For reefer customers, confidence that data is always available is crucial. That experience will improve once our entire reefer fleet is fitted with the latest generation of connectivity devices. The upgrade will also provide the foundation to introduce new features that will further strengthen the customer offering in the future. We want to develop our current offering from being a visibility product into a tool that helps customers interpret data and provides recommended actions.”
Thanks to a spring frost, New York apple shipments are expected to be down a bit this season, but growers are saying the small loss in volume should be replaced with larger sized fruit.
Although no official forecast on volume has been released yet, in an average year New York produces about 29. million bushels of apples, with about 15 to 16 million bushels going to the fresh market.
Hudson Valley growers see lower yields due to spring weather, while western orchards are showing a slightly above-average-size crop, according to the New York Apple Association (NYAA).
Concerning the processing market, Wayne County is running slightly below average, the NYAA reports.
The Hudson Valley harvest gets underway in mid-August and should continue with later varieties into early November.
Two of Clubs Orchards, located in New York’s Lake Ontario region (Appleton, NY), estimates the fresh crop could finish about 15 percent smaller than last year on frost-induced damage. However, larger fruit that will help offset lower yields.
Two of Clubs Orchards reports farm operations in the area have experienced a relatively normal season despite above-average rainfall, which luckily did not prompt much disease pressure.
By Kenneth Cavallaro ALC Boston
While the technology of our modern world has many advantages for the trucking industry, it also carries a significant financial risk of stolen loads. There is a very real threat of not knowing who is behind a computer screen when attempting to book a load. Verisk CargoNet reported almost $725 million in stolen cargo in 2025 alone, an alarming 60% increase from 2024. Food and beverages were the top target. Combatting this criminal threat to protect both ourselves and our customers must be a priority.
Verifying dispatcher or driver names and contact information was previously enough. Now, the burden has increased as technology has advanced. While technology opens the possibility of scammers, thankfully, it also can be utilized for protection. VIN numbers can be tracked on platforms such as Highway to eliminate the possibility of a fraudulent dispatcher. Much like a fingerprint, the VIN contains specific details about a vehicle’s origin, make, model, engine type, and production year. This code plays a vital role in vehicle identification, enabling access to essential information crucial to ownership, safety, and compliance.
Brokers can also utilize services like Carrier411 to identify a carrier attempting to book more freight than they have capacity for by comparing the truck count against the number of active loads. A final layer of protection is to verify the carrier on FMCSA to ensure the carrier has an active USDOT status and safety metrics. Once a truck is confirmed to be legitimate and in transit, tracking apps offer additional protection. Apps such as MacroPoint, FourKites, and even our very own ALC Carrier app let the customer see where a driver is in real time. Having that information offers peace of mind until a load is safely delivered.
The American Transportation Research Institute believes cargo theft costs the industry more than $18 million per day. If the Senate passes the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA), our industry will benefit from a law-enforcement task force charged with pursuing these criminal rings. This would create a division within Homeland Security that could help our industry for the better. Until this becomes a reality, we must remain vigilant in verifying drivers and dispatchers to stop criminals and prevent costly cargo theft.
*****
Kenneth Cavallaro, Jr. is a Carrier Manager in the Boston office. He began his career at the Allen Lund Company in February of 2019. Kenneth has been in the transportation industry since May of 1999. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Salem State University.
kenneth.cavallaro@allenlund.com
The California pistachio harvest started early, with Nichols Farms getting underway August 11. Usually, the harvest in the state starts around late August or early September.
The Hansford, CA based company reports this year’s production volume is expected to be drastically lower compared to average. Total yields are predicted to be anywhere between 600 and 800 million pounds, down at least 50 percent from last year’s near record yield.
In 2025, growers in the state harvested a total of 1.6 billion pounds.
The decline is mostly due to early spring heat waves which caused the male pistachio trees’ pollen to become infertile. This has significantly impacted the number of female trees that were successfully pollinated to produce fruit.
According to the Administrative Committee for Pistachios, California produced a record 1.5 billion pounds of pistachios in 2023. The industry surpassed that figure in 2025 with a 1.6 billion-pound crop, a 484 per cent increase compared with 2015. During the same period, exports rose by 223 per cent between the 2014/15 and 2024/25 crop years.
Demand has continued to support the market. U.S. per capita availability increased from 0.23 pounds of shelled pistachios in the 2015/16 crop year to nearly 0.70 pounds today. Export shipments have also reached record levels in recent years. Demand has also been supported by the growing use of pistachios as an ingredient in products such as the Dubai chocolate, first introduced in 2022 and later followed by similar products from several international brands.
Pistachios are an alternate-bearing crop, and early hot weather has further reduced yield expectations, particularly in orchards south of Fresno County. Some growers estimate total production could range from 700 million to 900 million pounds, less than half the 2025 crop.
The report concludes that California pistachio production in 2026 is expected to fall below 2025 levels.
Sweet corn loadings continue in good volume from New Jersey.
Nardelli Brothers of Cedarville, NJ , is in the middle of its summer corn season. The grower, shipper, distributor started harvest in early July. The company has good volume and good supply in both bicolor yellow white as well as its wild Violet which is offered in tray packs.
The season started slightly early ahead in late June and it will continue until mid to late October. Following that, supply for the company will be sourced from Georgia.
The company operates its tray pack operations in its main facility in Cedarville.
In July Nardelli Brothers expanded its shipping areas to the Midwest and Northeast as growers in those regions were facing dry growing conditions resulting in less volume. The operation also ships to Southern states before their sweet corn seasons start.
As local sweet corn seasons get underway, the firm tends to limit more shipments to the tri-state area.
When the Jersey corn season winds down this fall, the company will source product from Georgia.
Strawberry and raspberry shipments are in peak volume with excellent quality across California’s Central Coast with Watsonville and Salinas leading production.
Plentiful volumes will be available in the coming weeks. Raspberry loadings in Oxnard and Watsonville is expected to steadily increase, supporting consistent volumes for the remainder of the season, shares shipper Gem-Pack Berries, LLC. of Irving, CA noting good availability and peak quality on strawberries from California’s Central Coast are also expected to continue as summer demand remains strong.
California is expected to harvest 43,726 acres of strawberries in 2026, a five percent increase over last year due to expanded fall plantings.
The 2026 California strawberry season has been determined by dramatic weather swings that have affected both production and prices.
Warm temperatures in February and March brought the harvest nearly three weeks earlier than usual, producing higher-than-average yields. March production reached 80 to 150 trays per acre, well above the five-year average of 30 to 70 trays. The increased supply pushed strawberry prices down to between $7 and $10 per tray during the early part of the season.
However, cooler temperatures and rain in April and May slowed production and damaged crops. Rain can cause strawberries to split, burst, and develop mold, reducing the amount of marketable fruit. As weekly volumes declined, prices rebounded to between $10 and $16 per tray, giving many growers an opportunity to recover from the earlier price drop.
A study published in the Journal of Nutrition found that daily almond consumption was associated with improvements in cognitive performance, metabolic health, and markers of inflammation and oxidative stress in middle-aged Asian Indian adults with prediabetes.
The 24-week randomized controlled trial, funded by the Almond Board of California, involved 60 adults aged 40 to 60 in New Delhi with prediabetes but no signs of cognitive decline. Participants followed either a control diet or a calorie-matched diet including 32 to 42 grams of almonds per day, equivalent to about 20% of daily calorie intake.
Researchers measured cognitive function, blood glucose, insulin, HbA1c, blood lipids, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and body composition at the beginning and end of the study.
Compared with the control group, participants consuming almonds showed improvements in executive function and processing speed. Measures of sustained attention, overall cognition, memory and working memory were not statistically significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons.
The almond group also recorded lower fasting and post-meal blood glucose levels, lower HbA1c, and reductions in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, BMI, body fat, body weight and waist circumference. Participants lost an average of 3.3 kilograms and reduced waist circumference by 3.1 centimetres during the study. Researchers also reported changes in markers linked to inflammation and oxidative stress, although biomarker-cognition correlations were not statistically significant after multiple-comparison adjustment.
Dr. Anoop Misra, co-investigator and Chairman of the Fortis-CDOC Center of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases, and Endocrinology in New Delhi, said: “Adults with prediabetes are vulnerable to a decline in cognitive function. Our study indicates that just one simple dietary change, adding a small quantity of almonds to the daily diet, may help support brain health and improve cognitive performance in some populations.”
He added: “As with our previous research, we found that diets enriched with almonds benefit metabolic health measures like blood sugar control and body weight. Together, these changes could help lower the risk of prediabetes progressing to type 2 diabetes, a condition associated with an increased risk of dementia.”
The researchers said the findings are limited by the study’s sample size, 24-week duration, and focus on middle-aged Asian Indian adults with prediabetes. They noted that further studies involving larger and more diverse populations are needed.