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No experiment has ever succeeded in inducing an EFA deficiency. You may look up Pellagra. It is, of course, not a threat in a modern western society, but it us
by Evgeny 12y ago
No experiment has ever succeeded in inducing an EFA deficiency.
You may look up Pellagra. It is, of course, not a threat in a modern western society, but it used to kill people. Not even an experiment, but something that happened in nature. Yes, there are reasons to consider EFA deficiency.
Would a person die horribly if good sources of fat and protein are abundant, but glucose is not? I don't think so.
Glucose deprivation leads to disease.
Again, I would like to see some source. What particular diseases? There are whole groups of peoples (i.e. Inuit, Maasai) who were eating diets almost entirely lacking glucose before Western foods became available to them.
Do you realise, at least, that the body can produce it's own glucose from the excess fat (Gluconeogenesis)?
- a8da6b0c91d 12y agoPellagra is a vitamin B deficiency. It has nothing to do with EFA. I repeat, there is no such thing as an EFA deficiency. Nobody has ever induced a disease by restricting EFA intake because it's impossible to fail to get enough. A person eating nothing but fat and protein will have chronically elevated adrenalin and cortisol, will prematurely age, and be more prone to various degenerative diseases.
- Evgeny 12y agoPellagra is a vitamin B deficiency. It has nothing to do with EFA. You could at least look up the first line of a Wikipedia article? Tryptophan is an essential amino acid. It can be caused by decreased intake of niacin or tryptophan,[1] and possibly by excessive intake of leucine. Anyway, in the absence of any sources there's not much I can gain from this discussion, unfortunately.
- a8da6b0c91d 12y agoYou are confusing amino acid and fatty acid. Two totally different things. I realize now I made a typo reinforcing your misunderstanding higher up.