Does the dolphin research suggest that we should avoid excess heptadecanoic acid? Your post seems to suggest that full fat dairy is good for humans, even though some of the prominent fatty acids in full fat dairy might be bad for dolphins. Is that right? I know I've substituted a lot of full fat dairy after eliminating high linoleic acid foods.
Dr Bikman also mentioned many times in his Metabolic Classroom podcast that dairy is protective to Metsyn. Did you take data from Hulbert? Did you share your blog with him?
Nice blog - first, from the papers I've read, all the fatty acids appear to have different effects on health - putting them in groups (PUFA/SFAT) is a confounding problem.
My hunch is that combination of LA + Fructose does the permanent damage we see in T2D. Correcting the diet does not make the damage go away - carbs still make blood sugar levels dis-regulate.
We could know definitively what the cause is - the data exists! T2D was well established when I first traveled to the Philippines - just didn't see fat people. I saw buckets of lard for sale. Later, more western foods got in (I saw bottles of oil) and now they also have a HUGE T2D problem. Trading records of third world countries would show when different foods began importation - and with a delay - we can see when T2D spikes. Different countries began imports at different times - thus the data is more than mere correlation.
Long list of possible causes - from seed oils to preservatives to vaccines. The data exists - not sure they want to look.
Interesting and well researched as always. I suspect that how much animals in captivity move compared to free animals may be a significant confounder. The dolphins that reversed T2DM was a strong case however.
Does the dolphin research suggest that we should avoid excess heptadecanoic acid? Your post seems to suggest that full fat dairy is good for humans, even though some of the prominent fatty acids in full fat dairy might be bad for dolphins. Is that right? I know I've substituted a lot of full fat dairy after eliminating high linoleic acid foods.
Those fats are good for dolphins, not bad. Was I not clear on that point?
Weston A Price concurs. . .
Dr Bikman also mentioned many times in his Metabolic Classroom podcast that dairy is protective to Metsyn. Did you take data from Hulbert? Did you share your blog with him?
By the way you wrote a very nice blog here.
Thanks!
These studies are not from Tony's book. I did send it to him this morning, but haven't heard a reply yet.
He'll get back to you.!
Dolphins! Who knew...
Nice blog - first, from the papers I've read, all the fatty acids appear to have different effects on health - putting them in groups (PUFA/SFAT) is a confounding problem.
My hunch is that combination of LA + Fructose does the permanent damage we see in T2D. Correcting the diet does not make the damage go away - carbs still make blood sugar levels dis-regulate.
We could know definitively what the cause is - the data exists! T2D was well established when I first traveled to the Philippines - just didn't see fat people. I saw buckets of lard for sale. Later, more western foods got in (I saw bottles of oil) and now they also have a HUGE T2D problem. Trading records of third world countries would show when different foods began importation - and with a delay - we can see when T2D spikes. Different countries began imports at different times - thus the data is more than mere correlation.
Long list of possible causes - from seed oils to preservatives to vaccines. The data exists - not sure they want to look.
Interesting and well researched as always. I suspect that how much animals in captivity move compared to free animals may be a significant confounder. The dolphins that reversed T2DM was a strong case however.
"I suspect that how much animals in captivity move compared to free animals may be a significant confounder."
I agree with that. You see it pretty clearly in horses.