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Re:The gut metabolite indole-3 propionate promotes nerve reg... by calebm on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:20PM (#31922280)
The "omega-6-heavy oils" makes me think of the work of Dr. Nemechek (https://www.nemechekconsultativemedicine.com/nemechek-protoc...), who works primarily with Autism. He found that a variety of brain injuries that of various types (including things like concussion), which historically have resolved themselves, have, in recent years, stopped healing. So a concussion that would have naturally healed a few decades ago, keeps giving the patient problems. One of his primary recommendations is to decrease the "omega-6 to omega-3" oils, because it seemed that omega-6 cause brain injuries not to heal. And it's worth noting that almost all vegetable oils (canola, soybean, etc), which are in almost all "processed foods" are high in omega-6.

This indole-3 link could be the reason why omega-6 oils are so bad.

TL;DR: Don't eat processed vegetable oils (other than coconut and olive oil).

Re:The gut metabolite indole-3 propionate promotes nerve reg... by janekm on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:39PM (#31922533)
Just be aware that that's a whole lot of conjecture with little solid evidence behind it. Saying "these brain injuries historically resolved but don't any more" sounds much more like a change in diagnostics to me.

The evidence against seed oils / processed vegetable oils is not very compelling yet (here's a pretty balanced summary: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/are-vegetable-and-seed-... )

Re:The gut metabolite indole-3 propionate promotes nerve reg... by cung on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:58PM (#31924989)
Am I misunderstanding your comment? Olive oil and coconut oil have terrible omega-6/omega-3 ratio, where as canola is pretty good.

https://www.cancerschmancer.org/articles/healthiest-cooking-...