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I currently use peanut oil, but it's still 30% PUFA. Presumably if PUFAs are bad (again, unproven!) then there would be something better.
by telchior 5y ago
I currently use peanut oil, but it's still 30% PUFA. Presumably if PUFAs are bad (again, unproven!) then there would be something better.
- slothtrop 5y agoSpecifically for Asian cuisine, all the typically used oils are high in PUFAs. Otherwise there is EVOO.
- ghostly_s 5y agoWhy are you presuming PUFAs are bad? This study doesn't seem to make such a suggestion.
- telchior 5y agoA couple reasons. One, I believe the reason soybean was chosen for this study was simply its prevalence in US food -- not because it's special or unique. As an oil it shares characteristics with a number of others, and the most notable of these characteristics is its fat profile (>50% PUFA). Two, a connection between high PUFA oils in general and poor health outcomes is being postulated by other researchers... and, to be fair, many people who probably have no particular expertise and/or hidden associations, such as diet fads. But that's one of the reasons I asked the question initially; even the sources that would normally be trustworthy on other science (government scientists) have proven to be wildly incorrect and untrustworthy when it comes to dietary issues. I was honestly hoping someone that works in the field would pop up to comment.