'(“Linolenic” is a typo, surprisingly common in these sorts of papers—they meant to write “Linoleic”, as the context makes clear; linoleic (LA), but not alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), is a precursor to arachidonic acid (AA).)'
If the authors of the paper, rather than the editors of the journal, wrote the introduction, that's not very confidence-instilling.
'seed oils used to make ultra processed junk food'
Is that really the largest contribution to diet? What about people who go through a lot of salad dressing, commercial or homemade, which is made with seed oil? That seems pretty substantial.
It depends on the definition, of course. The most widely used one, NOVA, does not consider industrial seed oils to be ultra-processed, but equivalent to butter. Which I think is stupid.
'(“Linolenic” is a typo, surprisingly common in these sorts of papers—they meant to write “Linoleic”, as the context makes clear; linoleic (LA), but not alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), is a precursor to arachidonic acid (AA).)'
If the authors of the paper, rather than the editors of the journal, wrote the introduction, that's not very confidence-instilling.
If they get the rest of it right I'm not too concerned.
I get n-6 and n-3 backwards all the time. Drives me nuts.
I realize that. My comment was partly tongue in cheek.
'seed oils used to make ultra processed junk food'
Is that really the largest contribution to diet? What about people who go through a lot of salad dressing, commercial or homemade, which is made with seed oil? That seems pretty substantial.
Are french fries considered ultra processed?
It depends on the definition, of course. The most widely used one, NOVA, does not consider industrial seed oils to be ultra-processed, but equivalent to butter. Which I think is stupid.
I did a thread about it here:
https://x.com/TuckerGoodrich/status/1507125047403507724