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Re:Sugar: the evolution of a forbidden fruit by a8da6b0c91d on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @10:36AM (#8167878)
Pellagra 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.

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Re:Sugar: the evolution of a forbidden fruit by Evgeny on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @12:43AM (#8171496)
Pellagra 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.

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Re:Sugar: the evolution of a forbidden fruit by a8da6b0c91d on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @11:31AM (#8173341)
You are confusing amino acid and fatty acid. Two totally different things. I realize now I made a typo reinforcing your misunderstanding higher up.
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