Figure 1 .

Body weights (±SEM) of the control-fed and walnut-fed animals following the subcutaneous inoculation of tumor cells. The animals had been randomly divided before the specific diets were initiated and the difference in the body weights was not believed to be due to the diets per se but was coincidental. During the first 100 days of the study, the groups gained body weight at the same rate. We took this as evidence that the mice were consuming equivalent amounts of diet. Near the end of the experimental period (after 100 days), the curves begin to diverge due to the reduced body weights of the large tumor bearing mice. The initial body weights differed with a p < 0.05 (t-test); at most time points thereafter this difference persisted.