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Can we have a little more context from the study. Nothing is said about diet pattern and content. Given the fact that modern diet is mostly linoleic acid (omeg
by netmonk 4y ago
Can we have a little more context from the study. Nothing is said about diet pattern and content.
Given the fact that modern diet is mostly linoleic acid (omega6) known to be very poisonous. Known the fact the omega3 can remediate a little the negative effect of omega6 poisonous effect.
Aren’t this study just observing this remediation effect that should not exist if we were respecting natural diet for human: low in PUFA, high in SFA.
So know let’s setup a clear study between high SFA group (with zero o6) and high pUFa group.
Anything else is just science tartuffery.
- beowulfey 4y agoLinoleic acid is an essential nutrient—we must eat it as a part of our diet. Did you mean poisonous at high dosages?
- adrian_b 4y ago"Poisonous" is not the right word, but at high daily intakes linoleic acid begins to have various detrimental effects, like preventing the synthesis of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids or competing with various other activities of the liver, which now has to convert the excess linoleic acid into other fatty acids. The cheapest vegetable oils have a very high proportion of linoleic acid, so when they are used for cooking it is very easy to ingest an excessive amount of linoleic acid. Among the oils with a good proportion for the linoleic acid are the olive oil and the so-called "high oleic sunflower oil" (not the traditional sunflower oil). The canola oil also has a good proportion, but I have no experience with using it. Among nuts and seeds there are some with a high content of linoleic acid, e.g. pine nuts or poppy seeds, but such nuts or seeds are unlikely to be ever eaten in a so great quantity as to cause problems, unlike the cooking oils. Many nuts, e.g. almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, cashews, peanuts, have a good proportion of linoleic acid.