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It's been shown (in rats) that saturated fats are protective against cirrhosis and unsaturated fats (linoleic acid in this case) are required for liver injury.
by elktea 5y ago
It's been shown (in rats) that saturated fats are protective against cirrhosis and unsaturated fats (linoleic acid in this case) are required for liver injury.
Might explain why some people can drink like fish and have perfectly healthy livers while others suffer badly.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2915600/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2915600/
- taneq 5y agoUnfortunately, at least according to Wikipedia, linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid so avoiding it is less of an option. Edit: More info: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3650500/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3650500/
- tomlagier 5y agoJust listened to a Revisionist History episode that called out the harms of over-consumption of linoleic acid. Apparently the shift away from animal and towards vegetable oils in the '70s and '80s caused a lot of adverse health effects because we now consume multiples of the amount of linoleic acid that we did in previous generations. Podcast: https://blog.simonsays.ai/the-basement-tapes-with-malcolm-gladwell-s2-e10-revisionist-history-podcast-transcript-d764d0472079 https://blog.simonsays.ai/the-basement-tapes-with-malcolm-gl... (Somewhat biased, but still a good summary of the research) article on linoleic acid: https://theecologist.org/2014/feb/24/linoleic-acid-overwhelming-evidence-against-healthy-poly-unsaturated-oil https://theecologist.org/2014/feb/24/linoleic-acid-overwhelm...