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Wow, if that’s true, it’s the first time I’ve ever heard of it — and it seems like something that ... A lot of people might need to know? Can we lazyweb into so
by numair 5y ago
Wow, if that’s true, it’s the first time I’ve ever heard of it — and it seems like something that ... A lot of people might need to know? Can we lazyweb into some citations and more data on that?
- ncmncm 5y agoApparently the harmful component of peanut oil is called "lectins". I searched "peanut rabbits artery" and several relevant papers came up, including "A physiologically relevant atherogenic diet causes severe endothelial dysfunction within 4 weeks in rabbit": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803250/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803250/
- thedailymail 5y agoIn that paper at least, the peanut oil was just used as an inert vehicle or adjuvant for the molecules being studied (cholesterol and methionine). See Materials & Methods: "The peanut oil aids in the absorption of cholesterol as well as providing extra fat to the diet to resemble human diet, and it does not affect aortic pathology or endothelial function (Zulli et al. 2003)."
- numair 5y agoThanks for putting the work in! This is really interesting; you might be on to something. I hope someone decides to cover this in a long-form article. Edit: The most interesting thing is comparing your comment with all of the others on this thread. Clearly, this is knowledge that is not widely considered, even if it is known.