The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
We should not be using the amount of linoleic acid in the milk of mothers eating 5 tablespoons of seed oils daily (current national average) as a standard for our infant formulas. It would make MUCH more sense to look at the linoleic acid content of the milk from mothers who do NOT consume significant amounts of seed oils as part of an ultra-processed food rich diet to create infant formula standards.
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Human consumption of seed oils has risen steadily over the last 70 years, and with this so has the linoleic acid content of women's breast milk.
LA levels in colostrum are strongly connected to maternal intake. Where do these mothers get linoleic acid in the diet? Seed oils are certainly the highest source.