Re:Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responder...
by Ntrails on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:29PM
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I always wondered what the hell canola was (not enough to look it up, but, still)
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Re:Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responder...
by ngoldbaum on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:35PM
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CANadian Oil Low Acid, it’s lower in erucic acid than other rapeseed cultivars. In the early 70s there were studies in rats that showed that erucic acid caused heart disease so canola was marketed as being healthier.
Re:Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responder...
by hnick on Friday February 05, 2021 @04:59PM
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That's the same acid which lead to mustard oil being banned, hence it being labelled 'for ceremonial purposes only' or something similar in Indian groceries in the US as a wink-wink workaround.
Re:Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responder...
by mleonhard on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:09PM
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Is mustard oil used in a lot of Indian cuisine? I wonder if that has something to do with the high rates of heart disease in people of Indian descent?
Re:Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responder...
by hnick on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:16PM
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I have no firsthand knowledge of Indian home cooking, but here's an article about it which claims it's common.
https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/02/mustard-oil-guide.html
From what I've seen in passing most people attribute rising heart disease to economic prosperity leading to a more westernised diet but I haven't really looked into it.
Re:Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responder...
by neeleshs on Friday February 05, 2021 @06:56PM
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More common in some northern states than in south India.
Re:Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responder...
by LordAtlas on Saturday February 06, 2021 @12:20AM
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"Indian cuisine" is not a monolith and in fact, regional cuisines are disparate, contrary to the image derived from Indian restaurant menus abroad. Some parts of India like West Bengal (which is in east India) famously use mustard oil in a lot of their cooking. Other parts of the country never use it.
(I'm Indian.)