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Re:Linoleic acid–good or bad for the brain? by stevebmark on Monday July 10, 2023 @05:28PM (#36673222)
This seems likely a garbage-y study. It's a narrative study, not even a meta-analysis, so it's more of proposing a hypothesis rather than stating a fact. The current science shows that seed oils, and omega 6 (aka linoleic acid) fatty acids, are either benign or healthy. There was a very popular hypothesis that the omega 6 to 3 ratio was important for health, popularized in the early 2000's and getting revived now by counter-culture nonsense people, but the science has not backed that case up.

They study they link to citing neuro-development issues is https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28420388/ - which is based on a food intake survey, and it's not a controlled study, it's looking at cohorts from another study. All they checked for was linoleic acid intake, and unless you're specifically checking for food source, this usually means it comes from processed food, which is more likely the culprit than the 6 to 3 fatty acid ratio.

There is no known effect of omega 6 intake on inflammation, which is shown in quite a few controlled studies. Seed oil intake replacing saturated fat intake has also been shown to significantly reduce CVD outcomes.

Re:Linoleic acid–good or bad for the brain? by rogers12 on Monday July 10, 2023 @06:11PM (#36673717)
I think you should try eating three teaspoons of heart-healthy canola oil with breakfast and document the results to dunk on garbage science peddlers.
Re:Linoleic acid–good or bad for the brain? by stevebmark on Monday July 10, 2023 @06:37PM (#36673974)
This is a very good example of the type of revival I'm talking about! There is lots of emotion in this space, which dominates the discussion over science.
Re:Linoleic acid–good or bad for the brain? by rogers12 on Monday July 10, 2023 @06:58PM (#36674161)
Yes, exactly! Science is a fantastic way to discover truths about reality and apply them to your own life. For example, putting 15 grams of canola oil in your daily breakfast cereal.
Re:Linoleic acid–good or bad for the brain? by stevebmark on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:23PM (#36674414)
I know you're a troll, but I'm not sure if you understand the implication of what you said. I do eat seed oils. I don't have heart disease. You can't feel arterial plaque building up, the first symptom of CVD is often a fatal event, so I'm not sure what you think I'd learn unless I did it for decades. And it wouldn't matter if I did have heart disease, n=1 is usually irrelevant in dietary hypotheses. Here's another n=1 if you think it's important: https://twitter.com/TheCarnivoreKid/status/14731222725798338...
Re:Linoleic acid–good or bad for the brain? by rogers12 on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:36PM (#36674549)
Whoa, no need to get emotional. You're coming up with all these excuses and deflections against systematically consuming the benign and/or healthy canola oil. Why is that?