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I thought polyunsaturated fats ( fish, soybean ) were fairly prevalent in Japanese diets? How does that square up with the lower prevalence of obesity there?

• briefcomment 5y ago
  Eating isolated oils is decidedly different from eating whole foods, as there are compounds that counteract each other when taken as a whole. For example, fish have long chain fatty acids which counter some effects of the Omega oils. I think it's much easier to consume large portions of soybean oil if you're using it as an all purpose oil, than if you were just eating tofu, bean curd, natto, etc.